Customer Reviews
Important! Not. - By: Pavaroti Who, 31 Mar 2008 
Historicallly inept, wooden acting, poorly scripted, about as accurate as an American war film. Did not do any Justice to Wilberforces battle to end slavery, reduced to it a section of sound bites. Chronoligicallly inaccurate, trivualised the efforts of the others around him, & made Pitt seam like a playboy who could only egg Wilberforce on to greater failures. Read the books available on the subject. Do not trust the movie as an accurate portrayel of what accutallly happened.
Worthy but not great - By: A.K.Farrar, 29 Feb 2008 
It's a part of history every Brit should know - & it's given a suitable 'Hollywood' treatment - & fine performances throughout - but it's too clean, too moral, too simple.
I did quite enjoy it - it has good production values.
What was good was the sense of energy & dynamism.
Powerful - By: Mr. R. C. Auty, 04 Feb 2008 
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 alll the cast & merits much more exposure & viewing than it has received. Reccomended viewing.
Who really ended slavery? - By: Mr. John Conrad Mullen, 03 Feb 2008 
The film alllows 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 & 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 - By: P. DATTA, 12 Jan 2008 Amazing Grace is an excellent showing about a historical triumph accomplished through the heroics act of a political activist William Wilberford. He campaigned endlessly & 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 & 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 & heroics triumphs that we should be proud to treasure. That is the general gist of the story.
Amazing Grace highlights the issue & origins of slavery. The movie provides an accurate & vivid picture to the viewer regarding the brutality of slavery practices & the actions pursued to abolish the trade. The historical representation of the movie is accurately sketched, with the periodic costumes, buildings, ships & 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 & Michael Gambon. The performance provided, adds a strong sense of credibility to the characters featured in the movie & reallly enhances the realism of historical period.
Amazing Grace is an interesting movie to watch & to reallly 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 & epic movies.
