Overrated, Undercooked, Irrelevant and a Reluctant Redundancy

Rating: 5/10 (2 July 2015)

Director Ava Duvernay has said that Her Portrayal of LBJ as a Reluctant and Reticent Player in the Civil Rights Movement was such because She didn't want to make a "White Savior" Movie.
This Rewriting of History is Wrong in so Many Ways. Perhaps the most Obvious is that without a "White Savior" like President Johnson there wouldn't have been a Civil Rights Movement, as we know it. Johnson Pushed Legislation, therefore Sanctioning and Legitimizing the Concerns with the essential Backup of Federal Law.
The Cause would have Stalled and been Dominated by the Southern "White Supremacist" Dixiecrat Mindset of Governors (Wallace) and His ilk, Law Enforcement (Sheriff Jim Clark, Hoover) that were Racists Overlords carrying some mighty Big Sticks.
The usually Reliable Tom Wilkinson is just Awful with His Portrayal of President Johnson, in Real Life LBJ was a strong Supporter from the Get Go. Wilkinson shows no signs of Immersing in the Role and is an irritating Bore the way He is Acted and more Significantly Written. The Same Can Be said of Tim Roth as George Wallace. No Fleshing Out, just some Smirks and Line Readings.
David Oyelowo as Dr. King is, when not behind the podium, a Gazing Ghost and seems Lost in an Etherland of Self-Reflection and Myopic Mental Meanderings. The Soul of MLK is Missing and the Great Civil Rights Leader is shown to be an Inanimate Introspect.
Overall, the Movie is only sporadically Effective invoking the Struggle and the Film comes off as an Irrelevant Redundancy when put Next to the Verbiage and Documentaries on the Subject.
It Seems Hesitant, Reluctant, and often times Pouty about its Concerns and Historical Significance. Overrated, Undercooked, and in the End, a Big Disappointment.