Only one reason to see this movie FORREST WHITTAKER

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2007)

Forrest Whittaker is superb as Idi Amin & deserved the Oscar & other awards he has received.
James McAvoy as Amin's Doctor & adviser looks much to young for his role,Actually the film is more about the Doctor & romance with Ido's third wife, This subplot hurts the film & if it were not for Whittaker's performance, & great cinematography, I would have given this a lower rating,.
I will have to see McAvoy in another film before I will comment negatively on him,Here he comes across as eye candy only.
We learn little about the reasons for Amin's action,they touch on The Raid on Entebbe,for moments only at the end of film.
There are many horrific images of violence at end of film. The film seems to me mostly fiction.
My rating is a borderline thumbs up.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10.