The Great Whitaker is Idi. Give him his Oscar!

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2007)

Forest Whitaker walks tall through out this film, a part he was born to play. James McAvoy tries hard to keep up. And Jillian Anderson is under used. With McAvoy's character based on three or four people this story is seen from his point of view about Uganda's dictator. The good Scottish Doctor goes to Uganda with good intentions and to escape his repressive father. But when there he meets Idi Amin and is first captivated, sucked in then horrified when the truth starts to dawn on him that the child like Idi, is dangerous very dangerous. Young and naive Dr Garrigan {James McAvoy} not a bad person by any-means, but enjoying being on the inside and living a great lifestyle. Garrigan just needs his eyes opened before he too loses his own life. The charismatic Idi Amin is a madman and cruel to his people. The sad thing is that those things did happen but not all to one Dr Garrigan, that part is fiction. One should go and see this film for an Oscar performance from Forest Whitaker. I hope he wins it!