Forrest Whitaker stars as the man who became a butler at the White House and his conflicts with the civil rights movement and his sons choice to take a different, more out spoken path to equality in America.
The follow up to his praised film "Precious", Lee Daniels decides to take, for lack of a better term, a more mainstream story and create a phenomenal film from it. As you watch the film, he takes you on a journey through the build up, climax and decline of the Civil Rights movement of the late twentieth century and he throws you into the scene with the characters.
Fun fact about me: When I'm tired, my eye goes all
Forest Whitaker on me.
I loved everything about this movie except one thing. The acting was fantastic. The directing was amazing. The set decorating, make up and wardrobes were spot-on. I was so deeply and emotionally involved in this movie until one scene. The Obama Propaganda scene.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very indifferent when it comes to politics. I neither love or hate President Obama. And I'm well aware that the country electing a Black President is a huge part of the plot. I just felt that they put it on far too strongly, and it seemed as though it were paid for by the Obama Presidential Campaign. I was expecting Obama to come up at the end of the movie and say "I'm Barrack Obama, and I approve this message". It took me out of the movie for a minute or two. And I hate that!
Other than that little distraction, this movie was up there with the best movies I've seen this year. With the exception of John Cusack as Nixon, the casting was spot on for all of the Presidents. And Cusack wasn't bad. It's just that after Frank Langella's portrayal of the President, anything else seems sub-par.
This movie is definitely one to see in theaters.
My Grade: A-
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