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Jonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (Kimberly Elise). Sethe is stoic .. Read more
| Starring | Irma P. Hall, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton |
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| Director | Jonathan Demme |
| Genres | Drama |
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This is very weird ...
This is very weird film. Never saw anything even similar!
The master class of actors technique and full of metaphors + deep ideas to think about.read more »
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Violent & Over The Top
I like long movies, I like art house films, I like Oprah and Danny in films, but I just did not like this film. The gratuitous violence was really awful; things... read more »
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worth watching
This is a fantastic adaptation of a very strong novel, played very well by all the cast involved. It was very much overlooked in the UK, but if this is ... read more »
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Brave attempt at difficult novel
I can understand why this was a flop in the box office! It could never compete with commercial releases at three hours in duration and a very strange plot, and ... read more »
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Some fabulous acting
I wasn't quite sure what was going on when this movie began, but it quickly became pretty good. The acting of Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey was good but ... read more »
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Beloved - Awful!
Just awful! The basic storyline was ok, and the acting was great, but the plot too way too long to spin out and I found myself losing interest halfway through. ... read more »
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Well how did I find the movie?
Gloomy and very depressing, somethings in the movie needed clarification. I watched this on Halloween night too ...... !! I would not dream of watching this ... read more »
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Beloved - a film to make you think
I have always considered myself understanding of the feelings of those oppressed because of their race or creed. However, it was not until I watched this film ... read more »
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What is that?
Not sure what the story is all about, the movie is weird and I wonder why I rented it in the first place. Waste of time!
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Deep and touching
This is a good film, it is quite deep and extremely touching, it took me almost 3 days to watch it, but worth watching if you enjoy movies and slavery.
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Very disappointing
Having read the book of Beloved was really looking forward to seeing the movie. Yes - they have tried to do the book justice, but in doing so the movie drags ... read more »