So much average

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

One of the best movies I have ever seen. This movie made me speechless, and i just still cannot believe what those people been trough!Deep respect

Since this movie is considered "loosely based" on the story of a man who was a White House butler, it should say so at the beginning. There are other ways to share the story of the fight for civil rights, there is no need to make up a false past about a real person. Why couldn't we just see the true story of Eugene Allen? I'm sure that story would have been interesting enough. I appreciate the need to tell the world about the fight for civil rights, but that should not have been done at the expense of a great and factual account of the interesting life of Eugene Allen.

The movie was about a man who grew up in the south on a cotton field with his mother and father David Banner (Earl Gaines) and Mariah Carey (Hattie Pearl) both played the roles. Forest Whittaker was the Butler, Cecil Gaines. He got out of the south by his skills he learned from being a house slave, diner servant, and then became hotel bell boy/bus boy. He was scouted out by a man who seen his skills was fit for the White House. Being a butler in the white house he took with so much pride. Butler went through over 3 decades of president's administrations he seen firsthand what was happening with America and how it was changing forever. He had a wife and two sons; wife was Oprah Winfrey (Gloria Gaines) and sons were David Oyelowo (Louis Gaines) and Isaac White (Charlie Gaines). The theme of the movie was cultural, political, historic, and slow due to the story telling element. With the theme being political there was displaying of decisions and executive orders each president did for the country. Like how President Kennedy made it legal for all colors and races to eat and drink at the same locations and fountains. With Cecil's son being one of the "freedom riders" (group which was similar to the black lives matter movement currently) they tried to make a difference culturally for America. Anytime Cecil was at a high time or point in his life the camera angles were high and the lighting was bright. Anytime he was at a low point the camera angles and lighting were low and dim. For instance when Cecil helped get the black help's pay raised he was talking to the head engineer. The Head engineer looked at him lowly so the angle and light was low but after he told him the president said to take it up with him and he ran into the First lady the camera angle was high as he was praised for his accomplishment by her.

How can anyone believe what comes out of Hollywood? When a movie starts out "Inspired By"; that means it's either fiction (lies) or propaganda. Unfortunately this is both although such a person did exist but since Hollywood is a propaganda machine for Democrats = Progressives = Communists it seems it is impossible to trust the film industry when a movie is advertised as truth to make money when it is something else. Research Eugene Allen who is the real person that this movie is "loosely" telling his story. Also what is interesting although the acting was great and the movie was about racism; some of the actors are racists and the President they worship is a racist.