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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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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 15 Aug 2013

The Butler may be a sanctimonious cartoon, but it points to events in the civil rights struggle that were as grotesque and extraordinary as…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 15 Aug 2013

The Butler mixes big issues and big people and real human life with surprising grace…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 15 Aug 2013

It's too obviously a careful tour through American history, and while some sequences work - particularly the various attacks on civil-rights…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 15 Aug 2013

[E]ventually, the intentions of Lee Daniels' The Butler are overpowered by [the coincidences] and the heavy-handed way they serve as bridge…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 15 Aug 2013

Cecil Gaines may be a fictionalized character, but he carries a lot of weight on his shoulders, beautifully interpreted by Forest Whitaker…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 14 Aug 2013

For all its faults - and there are many, from shameless compression of events to milk the drama for all it's worth, to the gimmicky miscasting…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 14 Aug 2013

With Whitaker, Daniels and screenwriter Danny Strong pulling the strings, The Butler can take a bow…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 14 Aug 2013

The director’s sometimes absurd bravado — along with Forest Whitaker’s grave, wise performance in the title role — is what gives this…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 14 Aug 2013

It's watching Cecil open his eyes, in Whitaker's reflective, powerfully understated performance, that fills this flawed film with potency and…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 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…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Aug 2013

A nice idea for a movie, but has a mostly silly script and some of the craziest and most laughable casting imaginable…

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