Harriet

"A thoughtful biopic that grows more involving the more it shrugs off its tendency towards the reverential."

"History, heroism and leadership are the stuff of Kasi Lemmons' rousing and heartfelt film about the life and times of Harriet Tubman, the Spartacus of the American south."

""Harriet" is nothing if not a dutiful and eye-opening salute. But it still leaves you feeling that the great movie about Harriet Tubman has yet to be made."

"If the movie doesn't escape the hagiographic trap of the reverent biopic, it nonetheless will move audiences with a taste for large-canvas inspirational drama."

"Kasi Lemmons' movie only provides a surface level look at the iconic liberator."

"It's a disappointing and formulaic portrait. Erivo - and Harriet Tubman - deserve a better vehicle."

"A vaster and in many ways wilder film than it will get credit for."