Satisfaction guaranteed

Rating: 10/10 (28 February 2007)

I do not know how much you pay for your cinema tickets wherever you are, but it is worth every euro, pound, dollar... you spend. In fairness, given its quality, you'd have to pay far more.
Why? Easy. You cannot fault any actor or actress in the film. Forrest Whitaker has taken the credit for a great performance, which he gives, but what about Doctor Nicholas Carrigan? To me, James McAvey is the star of the film.
More great things - The film could have easily fallen in one of the different behaviours of the characters, but it doesn't. It keeps the story going very well and it really drags you into it. I was surprised when I came out the cinema and found myself in the centre of Madrid instead on the hot streets of Uganda.
It is important the rhythm the story has. And in my opinion it is spot on. You don't get meaningless scenes that are there to fill the length of the film, but you don't get way too much information to get lost in the plot. All you need to know is there; it is easy to follow thanks to the work of the scriptwriters, the director and the cast. The film could have also turn into a restless, highly paced thriller, but it doesn't. There is enough of anything in the film when it is needed.
In a personal note, I enjoy the Scottish accent and that helped me bing fond of Dr. Carrigan. In Spain we have the vice of overlapping the voices of the actors with Spanish speaking actors. I feel strongly against t, even more when the day after watching the film (in English) i saw the trailer in Spanish. Then all the actors had the same accent, being English, Scottish or Ugandians with different knowledge of English. It s a shame. But this, of course, is beyond the responsibilities of this film, and so I cannot fault it. And, anyway, I wouldn't want to