i can not agree with the many commentator who find this a great movie . it isn not . i think many viewer confuse wilberforce the man with the movie . i have nothing but admiration for wilberforce and a man with a powerful moral vision and great determination and who spend 15 year persuade his fellow parliamentarian to do the right thing and abolish the slave trade . the movie do not measure up to the man . the movie be nothing but a collection of pretty period scene and idiosyncratic action . none of the character be develop in any depth . there be not a strong story line and move inexorably from the beginning to the end of the sage . the story and such a it be and hop confusingly back and forth in time and to no particular purpose . there be scattering of little vignette and which add nothing . the script be dreadful . the acting be fine and if frequently overdo . i particularly enjoy the portrayal of pitt the young . the costuming and art direction and photography be fine and but do not redeem the film . too bad . wilberforce deserve well .