Review of The Butler

Let's be frank, I disliked this move. Robert Altman could make an ensemble movie, and Lee Daniels cannot. I like most of the actors that appeared in this movie, just not this movie. We can overlook most of the casting, though, Alan Rickman as an addled, confused Ronald Reagan was good. We can overlook that the story that Daniels tells had nothing to do with the real life character portrayed by Whitaker. It's difficult to overlook some of the episodic tripe, as it borders on spoof. Without going into detail, two characters walked down a darkened street, two gunshots rang out, and a famous black activist was killed off screen. The only way the audience has any idea of what had occurred was the screen caption.

There's a difference between a "movie inspired by real events", and a "documentary", and many obviously conservative reviewers on this forum have posted offensive nonsense. If every utterance and action does not meet their perspective, they whine as spoiled children. They're trying to redefine lives filled with hatred and bigotry as "meaningful".