Lee Daniels' The Butler- Page 4

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/2/13 at 9:35am

To start off, movies are one medium I don't particularly enjoy for some reason. As a rule, I usually only see one or two a year. I admit, I don't know who Lee Daniels is, so I didn't have any knowledge of his previous work as a director.

I was thoroughly moved from beginning to end at The Butler. I was in the 4th grade when my elementary school started integrating. Some moments in this film were difficult to watch and comprehend.

I had some minor quibbles with part of the story telling, but overall I found it to be a very powerful film. I had tears throughout and left with a big lump in my throat.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/2/13 at 1:09pm

This movie is doing really well at the box office. It's been out three weeks and has taken in just under $80 million so far. It cost $30 million to make (I'm sure everybody worked for scale---maybe Whitaker and Winfrey got a percentage of the gross), so it definitely feels like this year's "The Help."