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By Johanna Schneller (84) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 30 Oct 2019

There is such a thing as being too reverential, and too many scenes – including one where a roomful of white abolitionists applaud Tubman…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 30 Oct 2019

In work that emphasizes the unstoppable power of a persuasive performance, Erivo not only convincingly conveys the strength of the celebrated…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Oct 2019

Like a classroom history lesson, the script by director Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard dutifully recounts the life of this extraordinary…

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By Roxana Hadadi (336) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2019

A better version of Harriet might have kept the focus squarely locked on the real-life hero at its center, instead of defining her through…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 30 Oct 2019

A stirring if somewhat ham-fisted telling of a life that needs to be known by all Americans…

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By Joi Childs (30) for IGN (1,013) on 30 Oct 2019

Harriet has the best intentions, but despite a powerful lead performance by Cynthia Erivo, the film feels bereft of originality…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Sep 2019

Portraying Tubman above all else as a vessel for a higher power ironically only makes her appear less tangible…

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By Mark Asch (48) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Sep 2019

Drawing from Tubman’s devout belief and history of seizures and visions, the film makes much of her visions, divine interventions which seem…

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By K. Austin Collins (343) for Vanity Fair (761) on 13 Sep 2019

It doesn’t have the polish or prestige of your typical Oscar movie…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Sep 2019

Ultimately, the lack of risk-taking not only makes for a pedantic experience but ironically serves Tubman very poorly, never allowing for Erivo’s…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 11 Sep 2019

If its aim to inspire and educate inevitably leaves the movie feeling a little classroom-bound, Harriet is still an impassioned, edifying portrait…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Sep 2019

Despite Erivo's tenacity in the role, the drama feels more stately and impressive than urgent and affecting…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 11 Sep 2019

A thoughtful biopic that grows more involving the more it shrugs off its tendency towards the reverential…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Sep 2019

Harriet is a conscientiously uplifting, devoted, rock-solid version of her story…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 11 Sep 2019

Harriet doesn’t reinvent the biopic formula, but Erivo’s performance injects a palpable urgency to the material that makes up for missed time…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for TheWrap (3,203) on 11 Sep 2019

A disappointingly standard biopic, one whose technical flaws and paint-by-numbers clichés threaten to overshadow its subject’s compelling story…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 11 Sep 2019

The result falls somewhere between a slave-escape drama, an action thriller, a western and even an unexpected kind of superhero film…

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