Had been interested in seeing this for a while, but wasn't in a big rush. When a movie is set in the 1800's, it's hard to get excited about it. I'd been let down by "Picnic At Hanging Rock" and that was in the 1900's, so this was even older. Anyway we got it out last night- here's my IMDB.com review."Amazing Grace" tells the story of William Wilberforce's push to abolish slavery in Britian. It's based upon a true story and follows his life from when he first entered politics through to when he finally oversaw slavery's downfall (sorry to ruin the end for you if you didn't know this).
It's not overly enthralling, but does pretty well for a movie set in the olden days. Gruffud does a solid job as Wilberforce, and the rest of the cast is pretty good and it's probably a little better than I imagined, but I won't be rewatching it anytime soon. There's good insight into his battle with working his faith with his career, plus the battles he faced along the way. Some inspiration to be drawn from following through on his believed calling in life and how to carry yourself in an uphill battle.
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