Review of The Butler (2013) by Bathsheba M — 28 Jan 2014
I'm really glad I saw this movie if just for the fact that I am ignorant of the Civil Rights movement and what it meant to real live people and in fact, I think that's when this movie came alive: when the Freedom Riders and the Black Panthers took the stage.
That these kids might be at odds with their conservative-let's-not-rock-the-boat parents was a revelation. Weird casting choice for presidents (John Cusack as Nixon? Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower?) managed to nonetheless work.
I didn't remember that Reagan was such a butt-head about race. Forest Whitaker, the Big O, are great.
This review of The Butler (2013) was written by Bathsheba M on 28 Jan 2014.
The Butler has generally received positive reviews.
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