An important movie

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2005)

Everybody should see this movie and even more our leaders. And they should feel ashame that they didn't act when the genocide was going on in 1994. And 10 years later, it's sad to say that lessons haven't been learned, even if a lot of good words have been said. Just look at what's going on in Darfur.
Contrary to most people, I don't think Don Cheadle gave an Oscar winning performance. It's sometimes uneven. But Sophie Okonedo was just great. As for Nick Nolte, it was hard for me to really like him, because I was just thinking of General Roméo Dallaire, the true hero who was leading the incapacitated U.N. team. But forget about the acting, the story is too important to pay too much attention to performances. It's a heart wrenching film, with some rays of hope. There's some very moving scenes like the one where all the foreigners are leaving the hotel by bus.
SEE IT! What more can I say?
Seen at the Varsity, in Toronto, on January 15th, 2004.
86/100 (***½)