Who has seen 'The Butler''?'The Butler' Movie Review: The Year's First Oscar Movie?

David Oyelowo, Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker

Lee Daniels’ The Butler, a narrative about Cecil Gaines, who escapes slavery and relocates to Washington to become a staff butler in the White House.
In the movie, Forest Whitaker portrays the butler Cecil Gaines and Oprah Winfrey his wife Gloria in a story inspired by the life of Eugene Allen, a White House butler who served eight different US presidents.

Outside of Cecil and Gloria’s marriage, the film’s central plot focuses on Cecil’s relationship with his son, Louis (played by David Oyelowo), who over time becomes very politically active as a Freedom Rider and member of the Black Panther Party. While Cecil dedicates his entire existence to being a subservient butler and an idle observer of racial injustices, Louis becomes an active participant.
And while the movie is already being tipped for Oscar success, he insisted he is trying not to get too caught up in the furore.
Forest explained: 'I'm excited for the film because I think it gets people out to the theatre. It's, like, August so I try not to get caught up in things like that but I am very proud of the movie and I think it has a lot to say. It's moving and funny and filled with family and love.'
But the actor conceded The Butler is a 'very special film'.
He added: 'He [Eugene Allen] served eight presidents and saw the movement of the country. What's interesting is that he saw the civil rights act and then goes home and experiences it in his life.
'You get to emotionally to feel what it was like through him, so I think it's a very special film for that reason.'

Oprah,took some persuasion to take the role, according to director Lee Daniels in an interview.

He said: 'She auditioned - but I begged and pleaded with her to. David [Oyelowo] was on board first, and he didn’t have to audition, and then Oprah came in to do a reading with Forest.
'I knew immediately that the chemistry was a Molotov cocktail. Magic. They read the birthday scene where they find out that their son Charlie is dead. And it took me about seven or eight months to convince her to take the part.' 
‘The Butler’ premiered in the US, August 16th and earned $25 million at box office.

Rave reviews of the movie:
USA Today describes the movie as '' Mannered and moving''
ABC News ''Forest Whitaker is a witness to history in The Butler''
WSJ ''Reprocessing history with feeling''
Vulture says its ''crudely powerful''
The glittering cast which also includes Lenny Kravitz, Vanessa Redgrave, Mariah Carey, Terrence Howard, John Cusack and Robin Williams.Cuba Gooding Jr and Jane Fonda, who plays Nancy Raegan,Minka Kelly, who plays Jacqueline Kennedy.

I was pretty excited when I heard Forest will feature in the movie and cant wait to watch it.It will be great to see David, a Naija, in the movie too :-)