Review of The Butler (2013) by Amboy — 23 Sep 2013
The film tries to connect the history of race relations and the story of a family. It fails to do so. It trivializes and vulgarizes everything it touches. The cameo appearances backfire badly--Robin Williams and Alan Rickman are spectacularly miscast.
Forest Whitaker is extraordinary, and his work redeems the family story but cannot do much for the political history. One critic has called The Butler more of a history lesson than a film. It utterly fails to do justice to our common and very different histories.
This review of The Butler (2013) was written by Amboy on 23 Sep 2013.
The Butler has generally received positive reviews.
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