RogerEbert.com — Antebellum
“Antebellum” has aspirations of mind-blowing narrative complexity along the lines of an M. Night Shyamalan movie, but instead leaves you stunned in a WTF-did-I-just-watch sort of daze. And not in an enjoyable way, as in the committed craziness of “Serenity,” for example. Janelle Monae is radiant and charismatic as always, though, in dual roles in this twisty mix of past and present, fantasy and reality. The movie is wildly ambitious and has style for days, but its message is simultaneously half-baked and incredibly obvious. My 1 1/2-star review, at RogerEbert.com.