Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- affectation
- slavery
- poltergeist
- ohio
- cincinnati
- ghost
- angry
- aggressive
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- LisaGay Hamilton — Younger Sethe
- Beah Richards — Baby Suggs
- Albert Hall — Stamp Paid
- Irma P. Hall — Ella
- Carol Jean Lewis — Janey Wagon
- Kessia Embry — Amy Denver
- Jude Ciccolella — Schoolteacher
- Anthony Chisholm — Langhorne
- Dorothy Love Coates — M. Lucille Williams
- Jane White — Lady Jones
- Yada Beener — Denver aged 9
- Directed
- Jonathan Demme
- Written
- Akosua Busia, Adam Brooks, Richard LaGravenese
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 110 ratings
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures, Harpo Films, Clinica Estetico
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
