Amazing GraceOverview and Synopsis

  • Amazing Grace
  • Opened February 23, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 51 min.
  • PG
    thematic material involving slavery, and some mild language
  • Based on the true life story of William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), a leader of the British abolition movement, the film chronicles his epic struggle to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century. Along the way, Wilberforce meets Read More
  • Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon
  • Director: Michael Apted
  • Genres: Political Drama, Historical Film

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  • William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) speaks with Barbara Spooner (Romola Garai) about abolition in "Amazing Grace."
  • Romola Garai as Barbara Spooner in "Amazing Grace."
  • Albert Finney as John Newton and Ioan Gruffudd as William Wilberforce in "Amazing Grace."

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  • "Amazing Grace" star Ioan Gruffudd at the N.Y. premiere.
  • "Amazing Grace" star Ioan Gruffudd at the N.Y. premiere.
  • Bryant Gumbel and guest at the N.Y. premiere of "Amazing Grace."

Amazing Grace Recent Fan Reviews

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  • Great Story!
    by cjtolmie

    Well written, scripted and acted for a Disney flick. Thought at times a little too serious, it wasn?t over preachy and over all a very sweet film. Inspiring....Read More

  • AMazing Grace
    by hstindt1

    Good story line - although somewhat misleading in the description - it is not really the history behind the writing of Amazing Grace, but the events surrounding that time period....Read More

  • Excellent Film!
    by pebbles2489

    Really powerful and moving. Well made and clean. Safe for the whole family although younger than middle school age would probably not be interested....Read More

  • Moving story, a bit slow in the telling
    by lncampbell

    I enjoyed the movie but found the movie a little slow in the pacing. Even if the political struggle to abolish the English slave trade took decades, it should seem as if the movie should take as...Read More

Amazing Grace Critic Reviews

  • "...puts us right into the past in a most convincing way." Los Angeles Times

    - Kenneth Turan

  • "...a tidy story of conscience and perseverance." Variety

    - Eddie Cockrell

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