A Fantastic performance by Whitaker, but...

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2007)

Good, solid film with some excellent acting by Forest Whitaker (I totally agree with the Academy this time, his performance was well worthy of an Oscar).
If the screenplay didn't sway away all too much from reality, and tried to use some more historical background and facts, the movie could have been much better though. If only the film had focused more on Idi Amin rather than the fictional Scottish doctor character who with his boyish looks and stupid behavior looked often completely out of place, highly unbelievable in the context of the film, and quite frankly, highly improbable too. Why do Hollywood movies about Africa seem to think that they must have a lead character who is white in them in order to succeed? How ridiculous...
In the end, in spite of all its flaws, this was an enjoyable movie and I was even tempted to give it a slightly higher mark, but then I remembered that "Hotel Rwanda" was so much better...