The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
Ioan Gruffudd
as William Wilberforce
Romola Garai
as Barbara Spooner
Benedict Cumberbatch
as William Pitt
Albert Finney
as John Newton
Michael Gambon
as Lord Charles Fox
Rufus Sewell
as Thomas Clarkson
Youssou N'Dour
as Olaudah Equiano
Ciarán Hinds
as Lord Tarleton
Toby Jones
as Duke of Clarence
Nicholas Farrell
as Henry Thornton
Andres Gomez
The cut is a little bit tangled making hard to follow every hop in time. Otherwise, script and photography are good and the cast does a good job....
CinemaSerf
Aside from a few charismatic scenes from Sir Michael Gambon as the sagely if rather devious Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Fox, the rest of this really struggles to elevate itself from the doldrums of it's rather dreary cast. It possibly doesn't help that much of the drama is set in a wet and gloomy ...