Pit stop for white liberal guilt and neocolonial pillaging
CommentAug 28, 2009
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:154
Rotten:23
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Forest Whitaker's performance as real-life megalomaniac dictator Idi Amin powers this fictionalized political thriller, a blunt and brutal tale about power and corruption.
Theatrical Release: Sep 27, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $17.4M
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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REVIEWS FOR THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
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Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticWhitaker pulls off a spectacular thespian coup that has Oscar-winner stamped all over it.
Jun 25, 2008
It's ultimate, unpleasing effect is that of shallow-self congratulation.
Apr 5, 2008
Whitaker portrays Amin as funny, vulnerable, tender and enigmatic -- all without ever letting us forget he was a maniacal monster.
Feb 28, 2008
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Jun 22, 2007
it's Whitaker that kept the film alive when everyone was handing him Best Actor statuettes
Jun 5, 2007
...Whitaker's superb work remains the highlight of an otherwise routine effort.
Jun 4, 2007
Historical fantasy rules in Hollywood's Africa.
Apr 21, 2007
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Apr 14, 2007
It's a deconstruction of Idi Amin's persona, played with such dedication by Whitaker the surrounding narrative feels without purpose.
Mar 15, 2007
There is surprise in Whitaker's step, with a curtain of menace running beneath it. His is one of the fiercest, least predictable performances of 2006, so fully on edge that he becomes the movie's edge.
Mar 5, 2007
The four highly diverse leads are uniformly excellent.
Mar 1, 2007
Whitaker brings us close to Amin, yet he never allows us to actually become comfortable around the man. His Amin is capricious and unpredictable, a personality that can seem volcanic one moment and vulnerable a few minutes later.
Feb 9, 2007
La película vale la pena sobre todo por la imponente actuación de Forest Whitaker, igualmente encantador o amenazante en la piel de uno de los dictadores más sanguinarios de África.
Feb 7, 2007
Two terrific performances cap this interesting historical perspective on ruthless dictator Idi Amin.
Feb 7, 2007
Whitaker’s incendiary and incandescent performance dominates this movie as much as Helen Mirren’s performance defines The Queen.
Feb 5, 2007
Exalando um carisma mais do que apropriado ao personagem, [Forest Whitaker] busca seduzir não apenas Nicholas, mas também o espectador.
Feb 4, 2007
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