Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace; which is a representation of the time period between the 1780’s to the early 1800’s, focuses on the life of a British politician named William Wilberforce. He later joins the movement to end the trade of enslaved Africans. This film features many well known British actors, such as Tom Courtney and Michael Gambon. Before this film I had never heard of them, but it doesn’t surprise me that they are high-profile because they played their parts very well. I didn’t like how the film started out a little slow, but it all started to make sense when William began taking part in the movement. This film brought to my attention how serious the slave trade was during that time and how natural it became to most of the people. The shot selections went well with the movie because even though the actor wasn’t saying anything during a scene, the shot of his face explained it all. The quality of the film seemed to match the time period well. Making an older film like that would be difficult to match the environment, language, and attire. If I was the director I wouldn’t do anything differently because the film had a good storyline and transitioned well from beginning to end.