Riveting, powerful, memorable

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2005)

What greater compliment can I pay to this film than to say its characters -- ESPECIALLY Don Cheadle's Paul -- linger in your mind for days after?
No newspaper article, no politician's speech, nothing short of personally being present or speaking to survivors could make as vivid for us as does this film the magnitude of the tragedy, the humanity of the victims, and the shame of the developed world's indifference.
I am sorry to see Hotel Rwanda was not nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, but Don Cheadle's performance should win him the award for Best Actor.