The Butler serves up a deeply affecting but sometimes farcical biopic

The fictionalised story of presidential butler Eugene Allen is an earnest but novel take on 20th-century African American history • More from the Reel history archive The Butler (2013) Director: Lee Daniels Entertainment grade: C– History grade: D Eugene Allen served as a butler in the White House through eight presidencies, from Harry S Truman to Ronald Reagan. Dialogue The Butler fictionalises