I read the book 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison a long time ago when I was in high school (I think) and I loved it. I remembered being moved and the tears just fell. Fast forward to tonight and I have just finished the movie and I am effected by the story differently. I have got out of bed to write this because I cannot sleep because I am so haunted by the movie. It is still an incredibly moving story and the tears still fell but it is funny how things effect you so differently after having children - the empathy is so real it is almost like you can feel the pain. I just cannot stop crying. Toni Morrison grabs the underlying pain and desperation that people undergo when in a torturous circumstance.