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By Steve Crum (868) for Video-Reviewmaster.com (514) on 15 Aug 2013

Both (Daniels) and Strong have compressed an engrossing saga covering the Civil Rights Movement, five presidents, a family's generational growth,…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Aug 2013

It's another of the film's ironies that while Gaines owes his success to an ability to make a room feel empty, Whitaker, even at his most still…

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By Rebecca Cusey (105) for Patheos (85) on 15 Aug 2013

I was moved by this film. I laughed, I teared up. I - dare I say? - related. And that is more powerful than any message movie could ever be…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 15 Aug 2013

The Butler would have been better served by lesser-known cast members carting less baggage into these iconic historical figures…

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By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 15 Aug 2013

Well-acted civil rights tale is moving but too formulaic…

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By Perry Seibert (178) for TV Guide (1,527) on 15 Aug 2013

Unlike some cynical attempts to court favor with the Hollywood elite, it's solidly crafted, strongly acted, and -- most excitingly -- it shows…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 15 Aug 2013

Ungainly and overly ambitious, The Butler tries to encompass too much history within too narrow a framework…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 15 Aug 2013

Whitaker’s performance reveals a man who unobtrusively changes white people around him – perhaps without trying or even knowing it –…

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By Dale Roe (24) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 15 Aug 2013

It's a truncated history lesson, to be sure, but one that Lee Daniels' The Butler serves up fairly well…

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By David Berry (137) for National Post (1,405) on 15 Aug 2013

At times maudlin and at other times just smug, dabbed with just enough humour to keep from being insufferable, it's like a victory lap that…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 15 Aug 2013

The film is, in the conventional and lamentable 21st-century Hollywood mode, so overt and obvious that at times it feels like a parody of historical…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 15 Aug 2013

A history lesson in violence and endurance. A sentimental journey. A tribute. Director Daniels and the dedicated cast of The Butler deliver all that…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 15 Aug 2013

Lee Daniels' The Butler is deliberately and meticulously designed to grab Oscar and Golden Globe and other nominations for acting, writing…

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By Matthew Razak (302) for Flixist.com (210) on 15 Aug 2013

It's just too bad that no one reeled in Daniels' direction as he too often lets the film turn into a sermon instead of a lesson…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 15 Aug 2013

A phenomenal continuation of the director's visionary eye for storytelling, imagery and reality…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 15 Aug 2013

By trying to inflate one remarkable life story into the chronicle of a generation, Daniels fills what could have been an inspirational, personal…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 15 Aug 2013

Ultimately, I think 'The Butler…

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By Craig Seligman (44) for Bloomberg News (117) on 15 Aug 2013

Emotions conjured by events that ought to make us proud are likely to be soured with resentment at the cloddish manipulation that is the abiding…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 15 Aug 2013

Its built-in dramatic potential (even if mostly fabricated via artistic license) is squandered and the big-screen version of detailing the…

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By Steven Boone (45) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Aug 2013

Daniels delights in his actors, all of whom accept the challenge of bringing something true and vibrant to their various sketchily written…

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