Review of Emancipation (2022) by Peter Debruge for Variety — 30 Nov 2022
Anchored by an ultra-focused and unusually low-key Will Smith as Peter, Emancipation can be an intense and at times almost unbearable thing to watch, presented in meticulously composed, nearly black-and-white frames, desaturated to the point of Civil War photographer Matthew Brady’s grim battlefield tableaux.
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This review of Emancipation (2022) was written by Peter Debruge and published by Variety on 30 Nov 2022.
Emancipation has generally received mixed reviews.
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