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the film shares its essence. The sentiment is fanciful. The brushwork is competent. The subject is extraordinaryby Henry Barnes [The Guardian ]
it looks more like a murky Rembrandt than an episode of "Downton Abbey"by Graham Fuller [New York Daily News ]
directed by Amma Asante with highly capable craftsmanshipby Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
Belle, to its discredit, often forgets to supply the racism, a serious mistake; the slurs are barely whispered, and you can't help but think the character's real-life story must have been a lot tougherby Joshua Rothkopf [Time Out New York ]