Critic Reviews
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A movie that requires the viewer to meet it halfway. Those willing to make the effort will be rewarded with an exquisitely photographed and intricately layered drama.
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Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Something rare: a brave film about the emotional toll of slavery, the anguish of memory and the cruel divisions that still sear African American lives.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Demme's potent adaptation of Morrison's novel may be substantial, but it is also engrossing.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
A knot of fierce emotions that is left for the viewer to untangle. Make the effort.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Once this film gets its bearings, the unsentimental fierceness of its vision brushes obstacles and quibbles from its path.
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