Hotel Rwanda

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Hotel Rwanda

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Hotel Rwanda

Cara Seymour, David O'Hara, Desmond Dube, Don Cheadle, Fana Mokoena

Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unn...( read more  read more... )oticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.

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  • Galeocerdo
    December 16, 2009
    Galeocerdo
    Review coming soon.
  • SirPant
    September 18, 2009
    SirPant
    Don Cheadle's performance is brilliant in this true story set during the atrocities in Rwanda.
  • irisheyes686
    September 1, 2009
    irisheyes686
    Such a sad story. I can't believe this went on for so long before someone intervened. Cheadle was amazing in this.
  • KhrisP
    August 30, 2009
    KhrisP
    An excellent film, can't believe I didnt watch it sooner!

    Don Cheadle's finest work and probably one of the best dramas around, nothing quite hits you in the heart than a movie about struggle and survivial in the world's most dangerous and hopless continent... Africa. And it pre...( read more)tty much made things clear that the world cannot stand by too long while people are being massacared... and in the end, one million people were killed in Rwanda.

    Enter Paul Rusesabagina (Cheadle) , a Hutu, who is the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. When the Hutu President is killed after Tutsi rebels broke and agreement, the extremist Hutu army and milita ordered the death of all Tutsi rebels and their conspirators, leading to the death of millions. Paul's wife, being a Tutsi, is found by a small group of refugees and he manages to hide them inside his hotel which i guarded by UN peacekeepers. But the handful soon turn into hundreds, as the extremists begin to "cleanse" the land of the cockroaches, and the UN powerless to help, the Western World seeing no gain from sending any reinforcements. With the foriengers and UN gone, Paul uses bribes to keep the militia at bay while his employer Mr Tillens (Jean Reno) and General Oliver (Gary Busey) try to convince the superiors and nations to assist the Rwandans....and in the midst of all this, Paul is left to manage his four star hotel and its workers, care for his scared family and protect the hundreds of refugees under his care, risking his wealth and his life to save as many as he can.

    A really great piece of filmmaking, the drama never stops as Paul and the world surrounding him plunges into deeper levels of despair after the other, and at times hope is almost lost, and time has run out

    An excellent film.... Go watch it yourself, nothing more to be said here.
  • JDFortuneFan
    July 5, 2009
    JDFortuneFan
    A slightly above average film which looks at the 1994 genocide in Rwanda through the life of Paul Rusesabagina. Don Chedle gives a masterful performance as Rusesabagina but the rest of the cast is only average. For me, the film focused more on Rusesabagina and his family than t...( read more)he actual genocide which was occurring around them and therefore lacked the power necessary to make the atrocities real. Maybe a bit to 'Hollywoodized'.....
  • gultenreiz
    December 27, 2009
    gultenreiz
    So, my first impressions were really good, but after one or two "thinking" sessions I've started to see the "holes", and ,my God, they were many...
    O.K. the movie isn't terrible, not in an "American Pie" way, but it isn't great either.
    The story is similar to that from "Schindler...( read more)'s list", but without having the same impact.
    Although the movie has some very emotional moments, and I confess I was moved, is too superficial to be taken so seriously as it has ,only scratches the surface on a deeper problem. The explanations on the reason of the conflict were, in my opinion, a little puerile and, yes, the europeans have a lot to explain for their past and their non intervention policy was a bad move , but I don't think the problem is as simple as that.
    The characters were also sketches, I didn't want nothing bad to happen to them, but what about the other almost 1 million victims? Sure, they don't matter, because they are not in the movie, right? Well, wrong, because this movie was made for awards, not for a truthful portrait of what happened then.
    And what about the main character? ...can someone be so altruistic, really? ! and Don Cheadles acting was terrible, and that accent... He simply can act, and that's a fact.
    The music is manipulative and tasteless, anytime something "dramatic" happened, that damn music was trying to tell me what to think or what to feel. Please!
    The happy ending was a disgrace, I mean Hollywood you can have it both ways, you can't approach a subject like that and then try to make everyone in the audience feel worm and cozy.
    "Shooting dogs" was better in every conceivable way.
  • balearicbayes
    December 22, 2009
    balearicbayes
    loved this movie...you cant but help get caught up in their story!!! Edge of your seat stuff!!
  • ZakaryasX
    December 20, 2009
    ZakaryasX
    DON CHEADLE REALLY DELIVERS A POWERHOUSE PERFERMANCE HERE
  • kit85
    December 19, 2009
    kit85
    The story is inspiring, and the film deserves praise for shining a spotlight on issues that the west chooses to ignore. So, whilst it may seem uncharitable to criticise, it would be patronising to overlook the glaring faults. Even though the film isn't that bad, it is disappoin...( read more)ting. The problem is that the filmmaking is second rate - you can't help but be distracted by the mechanics of the film.

    The film is overscored. Barely a line of dialogue passes without music telling the audience what they ought to be feeling. This device demeans and patronises viewer. The blatant product placement throughout the film destroys any attempt at nuance or subtlety. You can?t help but pity the actors who have to perform awful dialogue about beer brands or car manufacturers. Even when they are not forced to read dialogue that might as well have come from an infomercial, the dialogue is clunky - and at times woeful. The result is stack of poorly developed, two-dimensional characters.

    Social/ political/ historical complexities are either ignored our disposed of in on line. The Hutus are largely portrayed as soulless killing machines pitted against our 'western-friendly' bourgeois hero (the only good Hutu), his family, and periphery characters. The result is that scenes start to feel more like a horror movie than a serious drama. Inexplicably, the filmmakers deliberately chose to omit actual events (possibly to ensure a PG-13 certificate), which would have given the film a greater sense of jeopardy for main characters.

    It is a credit to the actors involved that some of them manage to feel in any way human. Particular credit is due to Sophie Okonedo whose required to make ridiculous mood swings feel believable. Joaquin Phoenix also does well.

    Not terrible, but certainly not great.
  • princessqtpl
    December 14, 2009
    princessqtpl
    This was AMAZING!
    Don Cheadle was fantastic and inspiring in his role. The fact that all this is based on true events that we were never aware of due to media dismissal of the situation is sickening.
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