Cindy Clark

Go to see it, then judge. Sometimes it is good to exercise the human capacity to empathize with our fellow humans -- it is part of being alive.

Aug 25 - 10:01 AM

C.J. Hines

The movie will be nominated for best make up and most likely win. It will also probably get a best picture nominee just because.

Aug 23 - 02:42 PM

Ali Bantly

It was bad. I checked my watch at least 10 times. People may want to like it, but if they are honest, they will tell you it was tedious and pretentious.

Aug 18 - 07:30 PM

Bob Sellman

He didn't join the Black Panthers. He joined his son at a protest against apartheid which happened roughly 15 years after the Panthers hey-day.

Aug 18 - 07:06 PM

Brice Marsh

Do you honestly believe that Eugene Allen (the real Butler who served 7 U.S. presidents) as portrayed as Cecil Gaines in the movie "The Butler" by Forest Whitaker ... actually resigned after thirty years in the White House to join the Black Panthers? This was supposed to be based on a true story, but I cannot believe that to be factual for a second.

Yes, I did see the movie. I think it is a great cinematic production and it will probably get several awards ... deservedly so. I'm glad I saw it, but it did take considerable liberty with the truth in a number of places to serve its own agenda.

Aug 18 - 06:56 PM

Jean Lewandowski

I'm very interested in seeing how the civil rights movement might have played out in black families. As part of that generation, I know how difficult it was for white families--activist children skirmishing with their Greatest Generation parents. I'm hoping this movie will at least suggest how the upheavals of this time weren't just about the great figures and events, but how families and communities dealt with great social changes that were often violently contested and opposed.

Aug 17 - 08:15 AM

Jameson Worley

Sounds like this film is a lot like The Help. A mostly average movie that's elevated by powerful performances. That along with its subject material makes for what could be crowd-pleasing hit, just like The Help. Hopefully it only gets the acting nominations it deserves and doesn't nab Best Picture or Best Director nominations from better films.

Aug 16 - 07:40 PM

Diego Hard With an Anus

This thing looks legitimately awful. Oprah can die in a fucking ditch.

Aug 16 - 02:34 AM

Rick Jones

critics will love it despite its corniness and heavy-handed methods because it deals with black oppression. Guaranteed to be a critics darling

Aug 14 - 07:36 PM

Tino Pecchia

It could be, but considering Lee Daniels brought out an Oscar winning performance from Mo'nique. So this could might work.

Aug 14 - 01:44 PM

Zach Alger

Interesting presidential choices too

Aug 13 - 02:50 PM

Nicholas Moody

There's an 84% so far, so I'm taking a shot at seeing this.

Aug 13 - 02:18 PM

Nick Peek

I completely disagree with you. And I don't believe in "sentimental" films all that much unless it really is. Forrest Gump was considered sentimental and won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Aug 13 - 09:49 AM

Cameron Johnson

I'm betting it's a good film that is ultimately forgettable and not very impactful because of its unabashed and unsharpened sentimentality that clouds what could be some really good critical thinking.

Aug 12 - 08:23 PM

Zach Alger

Although I completely see where youre coming from

Aug 11 - 02:37 PM

Zach Alger

I still cant imagine this film being rotten though, Im thinking it stays above 70 percent

Aug 11 - 02:37 PM

Troll Smasher

You are SO right.

Aug 9 - 07:42 AM