Review of Selma (2014) by Sean C — 09 Feb 2015
The film's high praise I fear is due to its reverential subject matter. David Oyelowo is quite good, but the characters never come alive. The film just sort of meanders to King's inevitable victory.
Its depiction of LBJ is wildly inaccurate; its depiction of George Wallace fails to show why he opposed desegregation (it was a way to get votes). So he becomes simply a fool and a boogeyman, which dilutes his true evil.
Not a terrible film, but many critics think they have to praise it or else look "racist" even if everything tells them this is a rather unremarkable movie.
This review of Selma (2014) was written by Sean C on 09 Feb 2015.
Selma has generally received very positive reviews.
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