Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, a butler in the White House spanning 8 presidential administrations. Oprah Winfrey plays his beautiful but often troubled wife. This is a powerful and poignant story of dignity,integrity, and the changing face of America. Beginning in rural Georgia, Gaines (Whitaker) is orpnaned through no fault of his own and becomes a house servant (politcally correct term ,not the one used in the movie) at a young age. This skill takes him all the way to the White House. Though this is a presitgious opportunity it comes with its downfalls and troubles. From Eisenhower to Reagan, things that were seen and heard were painful, powerful, and paradoxical.
I laughed and cried with the movie, its plots and sub plots. It tells 2 stories at the same time. It poetically draws a piture of the changing life, names of the Colored/Negro/ Black /African American during these times. There are awesome small parts playes by, Mariah Carey, David Banner, Ya-Ya (of America's Top Model Fame) Liev Schreiber and the incomaprable Jane Fonda.
WARNINGS
Some Cursing
Minimal Sexual Content
Racist Language
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