'Amazing Grace' review: Ambitious, not amazing, musical
Can a sudden religious conversion be convincingly dramatized? Can a man who has done cruel, hateful, casually sadistic acts as a young 18th century British slave trader for almost three quarters of a musical become a sympathetic hero by abruptly discovering his faith? Is it possible to excuse some of history's worst crimes against humanity by explaining that, well, the perpetrator was merely a brat rebelling against …