Lee Daniels» The Butler (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality,
smoking, profanity, ethnic slurs, mature themes and disturbing images) Forest Whitaker stars in the title role of this father - son saga, set
against the backdrop of the African - American
struggle for Civil Rights, recounting the real - life story of a butler who served in the White House under eight presidents.
He opens a window on his private life, from his boyhood dislike of school to his daughter's precocious melancholy, from his successful
struggle to quit
smoking to his anxiety at the prospect of testifying
against some clumsy muggers who fell upon him during a visit to New York City.