Amazing Grace (2006)

Cautiously Recommended

UK/USA

Feature Film

Director: Michael Apted

Writer: Steven Knight

Cinematographer: Remi Adefarasin

Composer: David Arnold

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones

Michael Apted’s beautifully photographed and consummately acted depiction of the MP William Wilberforce’s two decades long battle to abolish Britain’s involvement in the slave trade at the turn of the 19th century is – though a little heavy-handed at times, particularly in its use of music and its frequently jarring tone changes – a generally gripping experience. Iain.Stott