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David Oyelowo, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington
In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's braze...( read more
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Whitaker is amazing, at turns charming and scary!! McAvoy is very good too as the naive doctor who realizes his flaws and the horrors he has had a hand in much too late.
I can't say I'm James McAvoy's biggest fan but Whitaker's fantastic performance and MacDonald's brilliant direction made this a very enjoyable film. I'm not a big fan of the fiction element of the film though, I would have rather seen a film that was 100% factual.
Forest Whitaker gives the best performance of his career and also one of the greatest performances in the history of Hollywood cinima. A tour-de-force performance that is truly one of the best i have ever seen. James McAvoy gives a riveting movie star performance, he's a force to...( read more)
Whoa. Forest Whitaker definitely deserved that Oscar...and in my opinion, James McAvoy was robbed!! ;) Really powerful film.
Forest Whitaker gives the second best performance of the year (Helen Mirren was no doubt number one) in an otherwise stellar film.
This is an awesome true story....so sad...especially Kerry Washington......and all the people of Uganda....The doctor was put in some horrible situations and he should have known better than to mess with that man like that....Forest Whitaker gets an all star performance in this o...( read more)
An excellent film; McAvoy is very good as always, but this is an exceptional performance from Forest Whitaker. Well worth watching.
I loved James McAvoy in this film. It wasn't amazing, but It had a very interesting storyline and was fast paced and intence.
I really enjoyed this film, Forest Whitaker's performace is outstanding. Although, personally I'd have rathered if there had been less of a ficticious side to the film. McAvoy's role gives you a view into Idi Amin's personal life, but there were probably other ways that could h...( read more)
