Not a date movie

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2007)

My wife and I were in a test preview audience when the film was in pre-production. I did tell them that the Gillian Anderson character was entirely spurious to the film and it would be better paced if they simply cut her scenes. She did her part perfectly well and her accent could not be faulted but it seemed to have been tacked on to give her some lines.
Other than being a bit overlong and dragging (in pre-production format) it was pretty good once the fictional doctor had been introduced to Idi Amin and we got into the real film.
Forrest Whitaker was hypnotic and despite not looking much like the late unlamented dictator he seemed convincing to me. How accurate his Ugandan accent was you would have to ask a Ugandan. It sounded OK to my totally untrained ear. If you saw him in the Crying Game then don't hold it against him.