Review of The Butler (2013) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 14 Aug 2013
The butler, Cecil Gaines, is a fictional creation, an African-American Forrest Gump who bears special witness to the civil-rights movement while serving on the White House staff under seven presidents.
The contrivance is stretched to its breaking point over a running time of 132 minutes; some of the episodes cross a different line from almost plausible to downright silly. That's not the whole story, though.
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This review of The Butler (2013) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 14 Aug 2013.
The Butler has generally received positive reviews.
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