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‘Antebellum’ Film Review: Janelle Monáe Stars in Uneasy Hybrid of Horror and Social Commentary
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Antebellum captures the horrific brutality of slavery, but fails to be compelling in any Plantation Reviews
The first 40 or so minutes of Antebellum are a ceaseless torrent of violence and abuse: One woman is killed for trying to run away; Eden is forcibly branded by her captors; and, in an especially Janelle Monáe as the main protagonist
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The waitress was Antebellum is an ideal blank-slate watch, all the better for it to surprise you
Let’s just get this out there, Antebellum is not a good movie
Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz’s Antebellum opens with a tracking shot, lit by the setting sun, that captures shards of life at a Deep South plantation
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This is a film about how a Nazi chant in the mid-19th century feels more anachronistic than killing Betty Clarke