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Beloved (1998) 5.6
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5.6/10 from 4,810 users
Metascore: 57/100
Reviews: 203 user | 74 critic | 24 from Metacritic.com Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter. Director:Jonathan Demme |
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Baby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby
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Janey Wagon
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Amy Denver
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Schoolteacher
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Dorothy Love Coates | ... |
M. Lucille Williams
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Lady Jones
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Denver aged 9
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After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen... Written by Jeremy Cohen <crashbug@ix.netcom.com>
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The past has a life of its own.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violent images, sexuality and nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 October 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Agapimeni See more »Filming Locations:
Fair Hill Natural Resources Area - 376 Fair Hill Drive, Fair Hill, Maryland, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$53,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£74,302 (UK) (5 March 1999)Gross:
£148,377 (UK) (12 March 1999)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Arranged by Alan Lomax and John Davis
Performed by John Davis and Group A
Courtesy of Rounder Records/Ocean Park Music
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A mixing bowl that Sithe was using in the begining breaks when the ghost attacks for the last time. It's whole again in the scene where she is picking the ice towards the end. See more »Soundtracks
"Carrie Belle"Arranged by Alan Lomax and John Davis
Performed by John Davis and Group A
Courtesy of Rounder Records/Ocean Park Music
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Famous feminist writer, Toni Morrison, deserved to win a Pulitzer Prize for her historical novel that represents Black American's struggles with slavery and freedom.
How anyone, let alone hundreds of voters here, could rate this marvelously directed & performed film a 1 is beyond me. Oprah Winfrey is the leading lady of the cast who ultimately demonstrates what is an Oscar-entitled performance.
Sethe, the character Winfrey plays is one of the most complex & challenging ones that I can imagine for any actor to take upon themselves. In fact, Winfrey stayed so true to her character, in my mind, she became Sethe: a former slave mother, a million & a half miles away from a Oprah the billionaire guest show host in Chicago! Danny Glover also gave a grand performance that was equally far from any other role I've seen him play. He & Winfrey together are a fine big screen match who I hope are in movies with Pulitzer prize winning plots as thick as is this one.