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Beloved (1998)
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305305842
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6305305846
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: November 02, 1999
Running Time: 172 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 16, 1998
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Editorial Review:
This layered film, a labor of love from director Jonathan Demme and star Oprah Winfrey, covers a lot of turf in its nearly three-hour running time. Part slavery fable, part mother-daughter tale, part ghost story, Beloved demands an audience's full attention from its dramatic, slightly bewildering opening, when a family dog comes down on the wrong side of some angry, unseen force. But Demme and his talented cast provide an unforgettable payoff for those who surrender.
The film traces the life of Sethe (played in her middle years by Winfrey), a former slave who has rebuilt what seems to be a peaceful, productive life in Ohio. Yet through chilling, sparing use of flashback, Demme slowly unveils, as does the Toni Morrison masterpiece on which the film is based, the horrors of Sethe's former life, and the terrible event that led to the haunting of Sethe's home.
While the horrors of slavery and the bloody event in Sethe's family leave undeniable impressions, the film's brilliance is also evidenced in smaller, equally satisfying ways. Rachel Portman's spiritual-influenced score is as uplifting as it is haunting, and the glimpses of the post-slavery African American world--as with a simple family outing to a local carnival, or a ladies' sewing-and-gospel circle--make this a treat for the intellect as well as the heart. The members of the cast, especially Kimberly Elise as Sethe's struggling daughter and Thandie Newton as the mysterious title character, are supremely affecting. --Anne Hurley
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Perfect Movie
I recieved the dvd in record time, I am very, very, very happy with my purchase.
Debra
Rating: - Don't Understand The Negative
I just rewatched this film after about 10 years, and I was blown away again. As someone who thinks the book is one of America's greatest novels of all time, I have to say Jonathan Demme and the cast of Beloved created some flawless work. I don't think I will ever understand the negative reviews of this film or the novel for that matter. When I read people say "disgusting" or "gross" about the film, I get very worried that people don't understand how disgusting and gross American slavery was. This ... Read More
Rating:  - Despised
Im glad to see that Im not the only one who doesnt like this slop. People have a peculiar habit of embracing a movie because Oprah Lewinsky's name attached to it. The setting of the movie takes place after slavery. The whole thing is about Oprah(whose character name I forgot) murders two of her children during slavery so that the slavemaster wouldnt put her children in slavery. She kills one of them by bashing the baby's head against a wall and she slashes the throat of the other child. The child ... Read More
Rating: - Baby Suggs Holy
Well I've read many of the reviews here and the positive ones express much of what I feel...
but I wanted to mention Grandma Suggs.
I have read the book so I know her sermon in the forest is slightly different and a little longer than in the movie...but the movie version moves me to tears every time.
I have gotten the movie out just to watch the sermon...it is split into 3 parts dispersed into different scenes.
The last of the sermon is at the end of the movie...
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Rating:  - This COULD have been a truly great film!
The purpose of screenwriters who adapt a novel is to make the viewer NOT have to read the novel in order to understand the film! That said, I have watched BELOVED several times since it's theatrical release in 1998. At that time I thought that I would NEVER revisit this nearly three hour debacle. There is SO much to admire about this film; the acting is first-rate;the Rachel Portman soundtrack is positively one of if not her best;the cinematography of Fuj Sakimoto is outstanding.........but something ... Read More
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