Synopsis
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
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Cast
- Janelle MonáeVeronica / Eden
- Eric LangeHim / Senator Denton
- Jena MaloneElizabeth
- Jack HustonCaptain Jasper
- Kiersey ClemonsJulia
- Gabourey SidibeDawn
- Marque RichardsonNick
- Robert AramayoDaniel
- Lily CowlesSarah
- Tongayi ChirisaEli / Professor Tarasai
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
While Antebellum is no zombie movie, it treats systemic racism as a kind of contagion that refuses to die, eating the brains of successive generations. There’s only one way to stop it, and that’s by blowing the minds of all those infected — which is precisely the impact Antebellum achieves. - 75
USA Today
What makes the new psychological thriller Antebellum effective, however, is not just studying the past of America’s original sin but deftly showing how it still paints our present day. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The star works valiantly to channel Eden/Veronica's pain and confusion, and the whole humanity of a life her captors so casually dismiss. As a performer, she commits utterly; if only the story could do the same. - 60
Slashfilm
Antebellum feels curiously unfinished. Rushed, even. You catch a glimpse of what the filmmakers are going for here, but never entirely buy it. - 58
IndieWire
Antebellum might have been a movie that met this awful moment, but its confused attempt at seeing yesterday in today resolves as a throwback to a time when anyone could actually overlook it in good faith. - 58
The A.V. Club
If only the filmmakers trusted their actors to convey the messages of this story, instead of burdening them with obvious, explanatory lines and speeches. - 43
TheWrap
Grounding a genre movie in the history of slavery and the resurgence of white nationalism is a dark and dramatic gamble that pulls “Antebellum” out of the horror genre and into social commentary, or at least makes it an intriguing mix of the two. It’s just too bad that the execution isn’t surehanded enough to live up to the ambition. - 42
The Playlist
There’s no room for introspection or difficult questions here. Antebellum therefore reads like the corporate spawn of “Black horror,” pieced together from Twitter anti-racist soundbites and crafted for maximum clout.
