Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

Solid Acting:

This movie is beautiful and painful to watch. It tries hard to live up to Toni Morrison's novel and succeeds in capturing many of the book's powerful images. The story's central characters are Sethe and Paul D., two ex-slaves from the "Sweet Home" plantation. Denver is Sethe's teenage daughter, the only of three (living) children who has not been driven away by the baby ghost in Sethe's house. Beloved is a strange young woman who comes to stay with the other three characters, stirring up memories of Sethe's... more info

This is the best movie I've ever seen.:

I first read Beloved when it appeared in 1988 and I was about 14 or 15. I was terrified yet mesmerized by the novel and have read it over and over again. When I heard that Oprah was having it made into a movie, I knew I had to see it. She and the rest of the cast did a fantastic job, particularly Kimberly Elise and Thandie Newton. And the musical score was so intense that I had to buy it!!

Beloved is a hauntingly beautiful and moving story that will never leave you. It is not only a ghost story, but also... more info

Almost a masterpiece:

It took me a long time to watch the movie Beloved due to the fact that it wasn't easily available in South Africa, I truelly enjoyed this movie and was really happy with the way it stayed true to the book which is one of my all time favourites, I've read the book so many times I even know most of the lines, I mostly was anxious to see the movie cos I wanted to see how they would manage to bring such a story to life, thankfully I wasn't dissapointed, the only problem I have with the movie was the casting of... more info