Cheadle is amazing in this heartbreaking movie

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 2014)

Don Cheadle's Oscar nominated performance drives this heartbreaking and emotional drama set during the Hutu-Tutsi civil war in Rwanda. Cheadle plays hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, who tries to save the lives of more than a thousand Tutsi refugees by hiding them in his hotel.
A few scenes that will be hard for me to (ever) forget, the "bumps" on the road as they drive through the fog, the little orphan girl exclaiming "Please don't let them kill me, I promise I won't be Tutsi anymore" Yeah, brutal. So anyways. A good movie, Cheadle's performance is amazing, I had a hard time accepting Nick Nolte as a "Canadian" UN Colonel, Joaquin Phoenix is essentially a cameo, not a big budget Hollywood film and all the better for it. Reminiscent of Shindler's List in the beginning as Paul tries to pay/barter for Tutsi's lives. 8/26/14