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Amazing Grace
In 18th-century England, House of Commons member William Wilberforce and his close friend and a future prime minister, William Pitt, begin a lengthy battle to pass a law ending the slave trade.
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
1960, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, UK
15 July 1924, South Africa
1958, Jersey, Channel Islands
1 October 1959, Dakar, Senegal
3 June 1945, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1955, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
9 May 1936, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
9 February 1953, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
30 November 1949, England, UK
25 November 1974, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
1954, England, UK
28 January 1976, Berkshire, England, UK
6 October 1973, Cardiff, Wales, UK
19 October 1940, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
August 21, 2008
I'm not sure what was a bigger problem for me, though--that the story jumped around so much, or that the tone did, too.
September 22, 2007
Skilfully written and directed, the film is an involving drama, even if it's overly worthy and sentimental.
February 28, 2008
Who'd have thought that the most compelling and thoughtful film to be presented during Black History Month would be a formal British import set in 18th century England with men running around in wigs?
December 15, 2010
Earnest drama about fervent English abolitionist.
March 12, 2008
There's a lot of good intentions behind Amazing Grace, but the movie's a bore, swirling into the minutia of antiquated British law.
March 23, 2007
It is to be hoped that Amazing Grace is not the only, or the last, cinematic celebration of 200th anniversary of abolition, for there are more stories to tell, more imaginatively.
July 06, 2010
Amazing Grace proves to be an invaluable history lesson, but a rather boring film.
September 22, 2007
Apted's unexpected crowd-pleaser is inspirational, but also surprisingly entertaining.
March 23, 2007
So much to admire and so little to amaze.
March 23, 2007
Grufudd is fine, passionate and single-minded, though overly Romantic, and quietly upstaged by the extraordinary Benedict Cumberbatch.
September 22, 2007
A good -- and important -- story, not always well told.
September 22, 2007
It's neither amazing nor graceful.
