Description In this adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel we meet Sethe who is constantly haunted by her past on her journey to find freedom. When an old friend unexpectedly re-enters her life she realises that she may be able to rediscover who she is and regain her lost sense of hope.
| Credits | | Producer: | Edward Saxon, Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme, Kate Forte, Kristi Zea, Oprah Winfrey | | Score Composer: | Rachel Portman |
Editorial Reviews "...[A] film of shocking immediacy and surpassing tenderness..." Rolling Stone - p.79-80 - Peter Travers (10/29/1998)
"...Grab[s] you by the throat....In a just world, both Newton and Elise would have vied for Best Supporting Actress..." Entertainment Weekly - pp.62-3 - Mike D'Angelo (04/16/1999)
"...Expressionistic photography, meticulous editing and one of the year's most memorable scores..." USA Today - p.7E - Mike Clark (10/16/1998)
"...[Winfrey has] assembled everything perfectly..." Premiere - p.28-9 - Glenn Kenny (10/01/1998)
"...[A] transfixing, deeply felt adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel....Mr. Demme succeeds uncannily well in bringing the novel's pulse to the screen..." New York Times - p.E1 - Janet Maslin (10/16/1998)
"...Morrison's wrenching story has been filmed with remarkable skill and restraint..." Box Office - p.47-8 - L.J. Strom (12/01/1998)
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