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...Beloved, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, slavery is explored in a subtle, almost metaphorical fashion. It is an exercise in psychology, exploring the mind of Morrison's steel-willed protagonist Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a former slave who now lives as a free woman in Ohio in the 1870s. Beloved is a handsome, classy production that is distinguished in every possible way, but it is also a cold film. The screenplay grapples admirably with Morrison's convoluted narrative but can never get to the heart of it. The saving grace of the movie is the renowned cast...
...handsome, classy production that is distinguished in every possible way, but it is also a cold film, emotionally frigid at times, that is never able to truly absorb the viewer into its subject matter. The screenplay, written by Adam Brooks, Akosua Busia and Richard LaGravenese, grapples admirably with Morrison's convoluted narrative but can never get to the heart of it. The strength of Morrison's book is her flowing prose and her ability to weave her story over time, but without her voice or that framework, the movie moves as slowly as molasses through its near three-hour running...
...films like Amistad, slavery is used as a visual bulldozer, meant to overwhelm viewers through its shocking brutality and painful inhumanity. In Beloved, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Toni Morrison's lauded Pulitzer Prize winning novel, slavery is explored in a much subtler, almost metaphorical fashion. It is an exercise in psychology, exploring the mind of Morrison's steel-willed protagonist Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a former slave who now lives as a free woman in Ohio in the 1870s. Sethe is a strong woman of fierce determination but she is haunted, both literally and figuratively, by the pain and horror...
...vivacious, endearing and painfully vulnerable. Kimberly Elise gives a burning, multifaceted performance as Denver. She conveys so much with one facial expression that she is able to counter with relative ease Thandie Newton's grating-at-best turn as Beloved. Oprah Winfrey, who snatched up the rights to Morrison's book in 1988 and coddled them for nearly a decade, delivers an impassioned performance as Sethe, the woman who desperately wants to live a simple life but finds her past will not let her. For all the strength and dedication Winfrey brings to the role, there is still the nagging...
...journal Winfrey kept while filming the movie Beloved-excerpts that detail her insecurities as an actress and her pedagogical relationship with Jonathan Demme, the movie's director. He's a wonderful filmmaker, she writes, but more importantly, he has faith in Oprah. The on-screen adaptation of the Toni Morrison novel comes to theaters Oct. 16 and is the reason why Time's editorial staff developed a sudden interest in the woman whose name and face have become synonymous with losing weight and feeling great...