The Butler
The Butler

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- 72/100 based on 117,946 votes
  • Released: 2013
  • Runtime: 132 mins
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  • Studio: Laura Ziskin Productions
  • Genres: Drama

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has trou... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Butler:

Forest Whitaker
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David Oyelowo
John Cusack
Jane Fonda
Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

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Flixist.com - 10/10 by Matthew RazakIt'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.
AALBC.com - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsKudos to Lee Daniels for crafting such a gut-wrenching tour de force which never hits a false note while chronicling critical moments in the African-American fight for equality.
BET.com - 9/10 by Clay CaneA phenomenal continuation of the director's visionary eye for storytelling, imagery and reality.
Boston Globe - 9/10 by Ty BurrThe Butler is a remarkable, even exhilarating movie not for its inherent Gump-itude but for the social portrait that gimmick allows.
Tampa Bay Times - 9/10 by Steve PersallIt's rare to wish a movie were an hour or two longer, when it already feels an hour longer than it is.
New York Times - 9/10 by A.O. ScottA brilliantly truthful film on a subject that is usually shrouded in wishful thinking, mythmongering and outright denial.
Associated Press - 9/10 by Jocelyn NoveckDaniels and company may not have made a masterpiece, but they have made a film you should see.
Slant Magazine - 9/10 by Chris CabinWith the film, Lee Daniels quietly pushes his talent for hashing out visceral, violent emotions into unexpected dramatic terrain.
SSG Syndicate - 9/10 by Susan GrangerAmbitious and affecting, it's a challenging, haunting, historical epic, hoping to follow the success of the similar, late-summer 2011 release 'The Help.'
Austin American-Statesman - 9/10 by Dale RoeIt's a truncated history lesson, to be sure, but one that Lee Daniels' The Butler serves up fairly well.

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