The dullness of virtue infuses director Michael Apted's "Amazing Grace," an historical story of the British MP who spent his life fighting the appalling institution of slavery in the British Empire. The only cause for wonder for a modern-day viewer is the speciousness and cynicism of the arguments made in favor of the institution in those days. [...] many previous stage and screen roles have prepared them for such projects that wigs, costumes and attitudes fit like well-worn gloves.

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