 | Ed S. |
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Forrest Whittaker did an excellent job portraying the lead role of Idi Amin!
I was surprised to learn that the film was adapted from a fictional book.
My only disappointments with the film were the ... Read MoreForrest Whittaker did an excellent job portraying the lead role of Idi Amin!
I was surprised to learn that the film was adapted from a fictional book.
My only disappointments with the film were the gratuitous sex scenes. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | James W. |
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful
If you're looking for a movie about some evil dictatorship, this is not quite it. By telling the story from the point of view of his personal physician, you get a different sense of General Amid. ... Read MoreIf you're looking for a movie about some evil dictatorship, this is not quite it. By telling the story from the point of view of his personal physician, you get a different sense of General Amid. Don't get me wrong, the attrocities are still there, but the movie doesn't spend 2 hours telling you about them and horrible everything is...because the narrator...the physician, didn't see many of these things and so he doesn't dwell upon them. My wife and I greatly enjoyed the movie. There were few ghastly scenes that make you cringe, but they are still there and placed at intervals to remind you that, no matter how likeable Gen. Amid seems to be, he is still doing horrible things to his people. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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| Donald S. |
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful
This movie was very fast paced and kept my attention. James McAvoy's character began with lofty ideals of helping the helpless in Uganda. As the story progressed, it seemed like all he was ... Read MoreThis movie was very fast paced and kept my attention. James McAvoy's character began with lofty ideals of helping the helpless in Uganda. As the story progressed, it seemed like all he was interested in was helping himself to the women, status and luxuries available to those at the top. He finally realized that with power comes corruption and his undoing was trying to get out of the hole he had dug for himself by aligning with a powerful corrupt leader. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | Patricia J. |
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful
I can see why this movie has had it's share of awards and especially Forrest Whitaker's performance. I don't think any other actor could have played the dictator. I had forgotten in watching the ... Read MoreI can see why this movie has had it's share of awards and especially Forrest Whitaker's performance. I don't think any other actor could have played the dictator. I had forgotten in watching the movie that he was not Idi Amin. The movie was not only about Idi Amin and if they are true accounts, it also covered the young Scottish doctor who misunderstood his purpose for being in Uganda which was Idi Amin's country. However, I felt the doctor meant well even though a bit misguided. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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| Sue T. |
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
great movie especially for those who can remember his regime. Good for education for the younger ones WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | Aleacia M. |
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Forest Whitaker proved himself yet again as a grrrrreat actor. I heard about Idi Amin when I was in my teens in the 80's but I did not know much about him. This movie helped clarify what was true ... Read MoreForest Whitaker proved himself yet again as a grrrrreat actor. I heard about Idi Amin when I was in my teens in the 80's but I did not know much about him. This movie helped clarify what was true and false of what I'd heard in my youth. I think Whitaker did a great job in his portrayal of Amin. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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| Andrew K. |
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
i can see why forrest whitaker won the oscar. great actor! WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | Carlo C. |
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
You can not argue that Whitaker does an awesome performance but if you put that aside the film was dull. The character Idi Amin is real as well as the atrocities he did but the story is not even true ... Read MoreYou can not argue that Whitaker does an awesome performance but if you put that aside the film was dull. The character Idi Amin is real as well as the atrocities he did but the story is not even true but based on a fictional book. Close this ReviewWAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | Jennifer E. M. |
1 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Forrest Whittaker gives a great performance. WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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 | Frank K. |
5 out of 17 people found this review helpful
A stunningly bad movie. No plot, no story, no ending. WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes
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