Oyelowo proves once again that he's a star on the rise as Cecil's activist son, and Oprah looks like she's having the time of her life drinking, smoking, and dancing her way through the decades (although she never really looks older until her final scenes).īut as well-intentioned as director Lee Daniels is in showing the scope of the African-American experience via one prestigiously employed butler, the movie doesn't live up to either the content or the cast. (in the best role he's had in a long, long while) - are funny, heartbreaking, and well acted. The scenes with Whitaker and his fellow White House butlers - played by Lenny Kravitz and Cuba Gooding Jr. There's no question that Lee Daniels' The Butler boasts an extraordinary cast, led by the marvelous Whitaker. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly
Audiences will get an overview of how various presidents felt about race relations, as well as the methods and ideologies of the civil rights movement. There's also some language (one "f-k," plus "s-t" and many racial epithets) and kissing, as well as the suggestion of an affair. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink one character is an alcoholic who has a drink in most of her scenes. White Southerners are also shown raping, killing, shooting, burning, intimidating, and otherwise terrorizing black protesters. Since the movie chronicles the history of the civil rights movement, there are many scenes that portray hate crimes - like two lynched men hanging from a tree and a black sharecropper being shot for saying one word to his white boss. Parents need to know that Lee Daniels' The Butler is a sweeping look at the history of African-American life in the United States, as witnessed by a black butler ( Forest Whitaker) who spent three decades working in the White House.
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