Beloved
Sundance Selects | Release Date: August 17, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 4, 2012
The movie is at its lightest, most charming and most persuasive in the 60s; as it approaches the present, something inescapably preposterous weighs it down, though Honoré carries it off with some flair. Read full review
60
Total FilmTom DawsonAug 4, 2012
Alex Beaupain's songs effectively convey emotion, but Beloved doesn't scale the heights of the Truffaut and Demy films it pastiches. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSep 12, 2012
Beloved evokes some of the fine moments in the careers of Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni, but it doesn't re-create them. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoAug 14, 2012
Ultimately crammed at a frustrating juncture between period-piece froth and seriously conceived drama, never tipping its hand toward either. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAug 16, 2012
Long before your 140 minutes are up, you may wish you went to see "Sparkle" instead. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearAug 14, 2012
Even with Gallic neomusical royalty like Catherine Deneuve joining in the fray, the whole endeavor reeks of the filmmaker throwing everything against the wall yet barely making anything stick. Read full review
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