Beloved

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Summary: Excellent Film!
Review: This was a wonderful film--if you know the story. I was never in favor of Oprah translating this novel to film, but since she did, I must say an excellent job was done. I strongly recommend reading the book first (with a copy of Cliff's notes if necessary); this way, viewing the film will be much more meaningful and enjoyable.

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Summary: Too Long . . .
Review: This movie would have been much better if it had been much shorter. Oprah, Danny, and Thandie gave great performances and the plot was interesting. Thandie was so good as the character of Beloved that it was scary. But the movie just dragged on forever.

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Summary: Beloved
Review: Worst movie I've ever had the misfortune to sit through. I was the only one of the four of us who watched it who actually stayed awake to see the whole thing....mainly because I was hoping it would make sense eventually.

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Summary: beautiful movie, beautiful music
Review: It's a movie about how the past can break you, and then how it can put you together again. It's about the things you escape, and the things you never escape. And behind it all, the rhythms of life - birth and death and the pulse of society... friends coming into your life and leaving. And the soundtrack was so beautiful. Maybe a flawed movie, but a movie of the soul.

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Summary: Beloved change......
Review: Sometimes we have to see really horrible things to bring about a change for the better!This movie will teach you to "love your heart", but it will teach you to love and respect your fellow man as well. Regardless of color!

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Summary: Waste of film.
Review: I spent three grueling hours thinking something would happen to redeem this film from the dredges of the earth. When the credits finally rolled, I realized I was duped. Oprah Winfrey has given some fine performances. This was not one of them. I can honestly say, it is the worst film I have ever seen.

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Summary: More insight on Beloved and less confusion of it all.
Review: The director ( Johnathon Demme)should of gave more history on Beloved...Her whereabouts before coming back from the dead. Also if she was returning as an young adult, she should'nt talked and acted as an three year-old.The director should've also made her and her daughters past more clearer. The movie had so much going at once, you couldn't tell the past from the present. Other than that Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover played their parts really well. Johnathon Demme should've took notes from the director who made "Roots''(Alexander Hayley) and Beloved probably would've been better. The movie Beloved was an two star movie and I feel the actors should recieve four stars.

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Summary: ok
Review: I was in such disopointment with this movie.I saw it when it came out.I'm a huge fan of john demme. The story was boring and useless!The movie never made its point!Was it about slavery? or redemption?The flash back scenes were useless,and the end!---Lets just say I walked out of the theater before the end! The acting was good,and the cinematography was outstanding,so was the score,But the story and script was very bad.

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Summary: Dont waste your time and energy
Review: Three hours of my life has been wasted. I kept trying to like this movie, I kept waiting for it to make some sense. But, alas, it did not. If you must see this, rent it, so when its finally over you can take it back so it wont take up space in your home. Oprah, please, you're better than this!

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Summary: A film of great power and excellence.
Review: BELOVED is a film of great and profound power and excellence. It lives and breathes within you.... just beneath the skin. This is a film that REQUIRES a great deal from the viewer but the rewards are infinite. There is no "best" time or way to see this film but do see it!