Review of Emancipation (2022) by Melpk20 — 19 Dec 2022

Great acting, great writing. It wasn't too grueling but gave you just enough to understand the impact.

This review of Emancipation (2022) was written by Melpk20 on 19 Dec 2022.

Emancipation has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Brittany Witherspoon (39) for Screen Rant (892) on 07 Dec 2022

While Emancipation contains beautiful cinematography amidst brutalities of oppression, it conveys very little about the man who should easily…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 07 Dec 2022

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Emancipation' reminds us that the abolition of slavery during the American Civil War was a complicated matter that the Union failed to understand…

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By Jarhead0341 (2) on 06 Mar 2023

YOU WILL SMITH. You're a Your movie sucked ass. I hope everything you make, or star in FLOPS…

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By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 08 Dec 2022

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Dec 2022

[Smith's] conviction carries Emancipation a long way, elevating what is essentially a B movie to the realm of something better than its outsize…

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You must be kidding'? - Will Smith wants to bang on about slavery and play a brave and noble man who overcomes the odds…

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