
Haunted by so many painful and well-hidden secrets, former slave Sethe is bent on finding freedom for the sake of her children. Out of the blue, as Sethe struggles to grapple with her troubled past in her humble home somewhere in post-Civil-War Cincinnati, Paul D, an old familiar from the Kentucky farm euphemistically called Sweet Home, re-enters Sethe's life, eager to lend her a hand. Then a stranger arrives in the shape of a mysterious young woman, giving rise to a series o... (Full plot summary below)
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Haunted by so many painful and well-hidden secrets, former slave Sethe is bent on finding freedom for the sake of her children. Out of the blue, as Sethe struggles to grapple with her troubled past in her humble home somewhere in post-Civil-War Cincinnati, Paul D, an old familiar from the Kentucky farm euphemistically called Sweet Home, re-enters Sethe's life, eager to lend her a hand. Then a stranger arrives in the shape of a mysterious young woman, giving rise to a series of repressed memories. But who is she? Can Paul D help Sethe reinvent herself?
Leave your thoughts about Beloved.
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannDoesn'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. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliBeloved is for those who want substance from a movie, and don't mind facing uncomfortable truths in the process. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe 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. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyJonathan Demme's potent adaptation of Morrison's novel may be substantial, but it is also engrossing, a movie that plays at times like a combination of Gone With The Wind and The Exorcist. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe performances of all the central and secondary characters match the passionate intensity of the film's behind-the-scenes collaborators. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis terrifyingly beautiful movie blends metaphor and stark social commentary to achieve a spontaneous grace. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversWhat is surprising -- remarkable even -- is that Beloved arrives onscreen with a minimum of dull virtue, gagging uplift and slick Hollywood gloss. |
| New York Daily NewsDavid KehrBeloved is ungainly and hard to follow at times, like the proverbial giant not quite sure how to best use its strength. But that power exists, present and undeniable, and once this film gets its bearings, the unsentimental fierceness of its vision brushes obstacles and quibbles from its path. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterPowerful, depressing and very, very long. At close to three hours, it virtually enslaves an audience, which may be part of the point. |
| TV Guide MagazineSandra ContrerasThey've taken material with the power to insinuate itself directly into the realm of the imagination, and made it strangely inert and lifeless. |