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80
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Critic Score

63
Critics' score based on 23 reviews.
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Sheer power, moral and otherwise. It possesses a massively majestic hero. [10 Dec 1997, p.D1]Full Review

Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

Thematically rich, impeccably crafted, and intellectually stimulating, the only area where this movie falls a little short is in its emotional impact.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Becomes a too-stately courtroom drama, with the Africans in the dock, the issue of slavery on trial at didactic length, and the top-billed Morgan Freeman as an abolitionist shunted to the sidelines with too little to do. [26 Jun 1998, p. 130]Full Review

Entertainment Weekly

Becomes a too-stately courtroom drama, with the Africans in the dock, the issue of slavery on trial at didactic length, and the top-billed Morgan Freeman as an abolitionist shunted to the sidelines with too little to do. [26 Jun 1998, p. 130]Full Review

Michael Sauter
Entertainment Weekly

Hounsou, a West African model with beauty and presence but no acting experience, carries much of the movie on his broad shoulders with surprising skill and strength.Full Review

Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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