The film is much better than the title

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2007)

I liked the movie because is very well done: script, acting, photography, music and even the 70's looks are very credible. A bit too long for my taste, with 20'less it would be a much more intense film.The romantic "affaire" of the young doctor with Sarah and the more carnal one with Kay Amin are much less credible and diminish the story. The secondary characters, like the British consul, are very well designed and performed. I think Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin Dada is superb and should be worth of an Oscar nomination. Also something to remark is a full frontal of James McAvoy in one of the many surprising scenes of the movie. The title is completely misleading and it's got nothing to do with the story, also the "hanging" reminds me too much of "A man called Horse", but -anyway- it's worth seeing.