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100
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57
Critics' score based on 24 reviews.
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Those who panned Beloved seemed out of touch with their proported ability to understand its complicated and history-bound emotionality. The unfolding of the tale during the three hours of f... ilm was carefully done and fed the horrible impact of slavery felt by Sethe to the viewer a bit at a time. Masterful handling of a difficult topic brought to life by brilliant acting! Full Review

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Doesn't sanitize its tale of African American loss and survival -- the way Steven Spielberg's “The Color Purple'' did -- but delves deeply, heartbreakingly into an American tragedy.Full Review

Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

The film had a curious effect on me. I was sometimes confused about events as they happened, but all the pieces are there, and the film creates an emotional whole. It's more effective when it's complete than during the unfolding experience.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Beloved is for those who want substance from a movie, and don't mind facing uncomfortable truths in the process.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Has a great deal going for it. [16 October 1998, p. 57]Full Review

New York Daily News

Often a cinematic marvel and often the year's most pungent movie medicine, Beloved always feels as if it's carrying the world's weight, and maybe it is. [16 October 1998, p. 7E]Full Review

Mike Clark
USA Today
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