Friday, 21 March 2014

The Butler (2013 Lee Daniels)

Great cast supports Forrest Whittaker - Oprah, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr, Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, plus guest stars.

It looks like an Andrew Dunn film, and it is.

Felt the pivotal diner / dinner scene should have been a stand-out, but wasn't. There's a great edit later when two people who aren't in the same room seem to look at each other - more of that would have helped. (Brian Kates and Joe Klotz).

Too Hollywoody. A bit of a disappointment from Daniels, who seems to be going downhill from Precious.

As evidence, goes on too long.

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