Review of Salma (2014) by Lyn — 25 May 2015
Though well-intentioned, "Selma" really suffers from the fractious King family's refusal to allow the use of MLK's own eloquent words. The usually excellent Oyelowo seemed oddly low-key as MLK, except when he was speechifying.
Overall a worthwhile piece of history and definitely had some stirring moments. But does not feel like an embodiment of the man and his times as (for example) Denzel Washington did with Malcolm X or Colin Firth did with King George VI.
This review of Salma (2014) was written by Lyn on 25 May 2015.
Salma has generally received very positive reviews.
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