Amazing Grace [2007] (DVD)

Powerful A poweful telling of an important story. I understand from some of the other reviews that it is not completely factual, but I take it as a message rather than a factual account. Superb performances from all the cast and merits much more exposure and viewing than it has received. Reccomended viewing.

Who really ended slavery? The film allows us to understand some things about Wilberforce, but the main thrust of the story - that Wilberforce was responsible for the ending of slavery - is quite false. The massive slave revolts led by Toussaint l'Ouverture and much later by Sam Sharpe, the mass abolitionist movement in Britain, with hundreds of thousands of people involved, were more central as historical causes...

An excellent showing of a historical triumph Amazing Grace is an excellent showing about a historical triumph accomplished through the heroics act of a political activist William Wilberford. He campaigned endlessly and directly to the Parliment in pursuit of abolishing the inhuman practice of slave trade in Britain. The man is one of true heroes to emerge in history, through his noble deeds in humanity and always fighting for the true Christian cause. He never gave up despite earlier setbacks in achieving a key bill in parliament. This is one of the historical and heroics triumphs that we should be proud to treasure. That is the general gist of the story. Amazing Grace highlights the issue and origins of slavery. The movie provides an accurate and vivid picture to the viewer regarding the brutality of slavery practices and the actions pursued to abolish the trade. The historical representation of the movie is accurately sketched, with the periodic costumes, buildings, ships and general atmosphere within the period. The casting for the movie is excellent, with a line up high calibre actors/actresses in the form Albert Finney, Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Gambon. The performance provided, adds a strong sense of credibility to the characters featured in the movie and really enhances the realism of historical period. Amazing Grace is an interesting movie to watch and to really appreciate the importance of a historical event which raised awareness of injustice in humanity. It is a pivotal stage in history that was much desired during the time. This genre of movie is well suited to anyone who expresses a strong interest in historical and epic movies.

I have not seen this film. However... It looks quite good, and is on an interesting topic. I hope to get it from a car boot sale in 2009, or similar. Slavery "Hell no", good old bloke with a wig. The end. I shall cry.

Makes you want to learn more... I found the film moving and inspirational, the actors well cast & in all telling a believable story. I didn't know who Wilberforce was until I saw this film, however it did succeed in interesting me in the story at finding out more about him. I can't comment on the accuracy of the story, however, as with all films and adaptations I would expect a certain amount of 'artistic licence'.