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First mention has to be that the cast is great. For the most part well acted.

My biggest problem with the film was co-opting a decent and interesting story about a dedicated man who subtly fought for equal opportunity and pay for himself and other minority White House employees through 5+decades and many epic pieces of history. What the directory provided instead was a civil rights version of Forest Gump with about as much connection to reality.

To quote the fictional version of MLK speaking to fictional future civil rights leader son of the fictional Cecil:

Martin Luther King Jr.: Young brother, the black domestic defy racial stereotypes by being hardworking and trustworthy. He slowly tears down racial hatred with his example of a strong work ethic and dignified character. Now, while we perceive the butler or the maid to be subservient, in many ways they are subversive, without even knowing it.

Sometimes history actually tells a better story than fiction.

Might be worth the time for this one if you have nothing better to do, but don't pay for it.

Butler and Hanks played their parts extremely well and believably, though the rest of the characters were 2D and essentially throw-away and the story didn't really go anywhere. In regards to story, I didn't really come away with any new insight into Elvis the person(or in this case the character) or really into the Colonel.

The one thing I will say in regards to the movie is that not only is it long, it feels even longer. Around the 2 hour mark in the movie my wife turned to me and asked "shouldn't he be dying soon?"... sigh...if only.

Subject matter being what it is I will say that the music throughout was very well done.

Overall, it was all right but I'm glad I didn't have to pay to see it.

So this one is much better than the first, however that is a pretty low bar to start with.

So the good first: Special effects were good if overdone. Robbie was good as HQ, though she doesn't stand out as much as the first(not sure if this is because the writing for her isn't as good or that the actors around her do better). I like Elba and thought he did well enough. The rest at least held there own. King Shark added a few amusing moment and honestly TDK's brief moment of glory was probably the most amusing. Good soundtrack.

The not so good: Pacing was okay, but the movie is overly long with a few slow spots. Writing was mediocre at best, probably want to avoid writing at a 5th grade humor level for a movie with a hard R rating.

Overall it was okay and we already had HBOMAX so it was free. Not one I would recommend paying for but not a bad choice to kill a couple hours.