Whitaker Oscar

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2006)

Though not quite as suspenseful or moving as Hotel Rwanda, The Last King of Scotland spins a more artful, multi-layered story. The freedom of fiction allows Last King to take its character to some more interesting corners, but occasionally this freedom is abused - a few scenes require heroic suspension of disbelief. Is it credible that Idi Amin's doctor, on the verge of fleeing the country to escape his bloody master's grip, would risk everything to take Amin's wife to bed in full view of everyone? In any case, the real electricity comes from Forest Whitaker, who will certainly get an Oscar nomination and should probably win.