A powerful journey, filmed beautifully and acted well

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2005)

This is probably one of the most touching stories i have seen in film in the past year. Hotel Rwanda tells the story of a courageous man who is a manager of a five-star hotel in the genocide period. The screenplay is superb, great character that we can all relate to. The direction was quite beautiful and equipped with a suitable and graceful score. The acting was great as well, Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo and Jean Reno all gave great performances. Joaquin Phoenix didn't have many scenes but was great as well. I didn't particularly like Nolte's performance too much, seemed a bit wooden in this one to me. The film however is great, great storytelling, definitely one of the best film of this kind of genre. Style of film-making sort of reminded me of great Iranian film-makers like Kiarostami and even Ghobadi and Majidi, those who have seen these films from international cinema will know what i mean. 9/10