The Butler

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Telling the story of a White House butler that served under 8 different presidents, The Butler chronicles the whirlwind of change in civil rights in America, from the beginning of the movement itself, to the Vietnam war. With such a large scope, has Lee Daniels (who originally put his own name in the title) managed to pull it off?

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“This is an strangely slushy movie from Lee Daniels, whose last two films (Precious and The Paperboy) bristled with unexpected life. By contrast, this star-packed drama uses a true story to trace the Civil Rights struggle from the 1950s to the present day. But it's been so fictionalised that it feels kind of like a variation on Forrest Gump.”

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