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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 09 Dec 2022

While the haunting aspect of the photograph grounds “Emancipation” in reality, there’s a pronounced Hollywood-ized feel to the finished…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 09 Dec 2022

After the infamous slap that sidelined his career, Will Smith returns as a runaway slave in a sorry but noble misfire that offers the disgraced…

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By Alex Saveliev (258) for Film Threat (5,156) on 09 Dec 2022

The writer and the director rub our faces in muck until all we see is darkness, providing the faintest ray of light at the end…

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By Dadsaplaya2 (1) on 09 Dec 2022

It's a very good movie. Will Smith does a good job and the movie is engaging without being so brutal that I feel traumatized…

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By Snorkiss (67) on 09 Dec 2022

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

Despite so many pieces that fail to fit together, Emancipation succeeds on entertainment alone…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 Dec 2022

Through it all, Smith’s performance grounds the horror in a place of courage, heart and soul…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Dec 2022

The heart of the matter gets lost amid the action-movie elements – with shades of The Revenant” and “Glory – though a dedicated Smith…

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By Martin Carr (79) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 08 Dec 2022

Unfortunately, Smith’s would-be comeback vehicle is hamstrung by a weak script, paper-thin characters, and gets caught too often being overly…

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By Marcus Shorter (2) for Consequence (296) on 08 Dec 2022

Even if this story doesn’t hold its weight, it contains several worthwhile themes and ideas…

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By Ross Bonaime (185) for Collider (1,032) on 08 Dec 2022

Even though the brutality is seemingly never-ending, we never dull to the constant barrage of pain—both physically and emotionally…

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

A slave-on-the-run movie that uses every bit of its star’s modest acting ability and ticks all the award boxes, Antoine Fuqua’s Emancipation…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 07 Dec 2022

Emancipation is a decent enough slave-escape thriller, but one can’t help but wince at its lead performance and the clunky dialogue and cliched…

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By Mark Keizer (225) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 Dec 2022

A drama that aches to connect with the George Floyd era is more like amped-up misery porn, a Will Smith vanity project that pales next to more…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 07 Dec 2022

Peter’s unflappable, occasionally unbelievable heroism is placed front and centre, and it’s nearly always at the expense of making Emancipation…

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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 Oliver Jones (215) for Observer (1,042) on 07 Dec 2022

The movie exists between prestige and genre (or two genres, really, as it morphs in its final third from an escaped fugitive picture to a war…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 07 Dec 2022

Had “Emancipation” shaken off its Oscar-baiting “slave movie” shackles and instead gone full-tilt into a vengeance-laden “freedom…

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By Jzathajenius (8) on 07 Dec 2022

God I hope he gets the **** slapped outta him in this movie. Screw you Will…

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By Patrice Witherspoon (71) 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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