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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for Associated Press (1,685) on 12 Aug 2013

Daniels and company may not have made a masterpiece, but they have made a film you should see…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 12 Aug 2013

Schmaltzy, even corny - but it also gives a face to issues that continue to haunt us..pulls you into its drama and gives you a new angle on…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 11 Aug 2013

Crudely powerful…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 11 Aug 2013

Inspiring if not inspired, Lee Daniels' The Butler is a sort of Readers' Digest overview of the 20th century American civil rights movement…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for AALBC.com (174) on 10 Aug 2013

Kudos to Lee Daniels for crafting such a gut-wrenching tour de force which never hits a false note while chronicling critical moments in the…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Aug 2013

With the film, Lee Daniels quietly pushes his talent for hashing out visceral, violent emotions into unexpected dramatic terrain…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 09 Aug 2013

Ambitious and affecting, it's a challenging, haunting, historical epic, hoping to follow the success of the similar, late-summer 2011 release…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 09 Aug 2013

No matter how you look at it, there's no question this one delivers a strong punch to the gut…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Aug 2013

Viewers familiar with Daniels’s idiosyncratically vulgar work might be disappointed that there’s little here that compares to Nicole Kidman…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Aug 2013

Lee Daniels’ The Butler could be an important film that comes at a time where race is still a challenging topic for America, but it succeeds…

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By Katy Rich (1) for The Guardian (2,969) on 08 Aug 2013

A great film about the American civil rights movement is way overdue. The Butler, overwhelmed by flash and good intentions, doesn't even come close…

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By Brandon Judell (340) for CultureCatch (133) on 08 Aug 2013

Add in a few dirty jokes, including one about a woman asking a gent to…

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By Katey Rich (412) for Guardian (4,584) on 08 Aug 2013

A great film about the American civil rights movement is way overdue. The Butler, overwhelmed by flash and good intentions, doesn't even come close…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Aug 2013

There’s no denying, though, that Daniels knows how to push an audience’s buttons, and as crudely obvious as The Butler can be...it’s…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 07 Aug 2013

It keeps history neat and tidy and serves the audience well. Lee Daniels' Lee Daniels' The Butler buttles…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 07 Aug 2013

The Butler carries an authenticity that sustains it through its cloying stretches…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Aug 2013

As Cecil, Whitaker is mesmerizing. The actor seems to shrink into his imposing frame, summoning a performance of quiet, bottled-up force…

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