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Mr. Whitaker and Mr. McAvoy head a first-rate cast that helps The Last King of Scotland to illuminate one of the many dark chapters in recent African history.
If this genius turn by Whitaker (he starred in Bird and The Crying Game) doesn't earn an Oscar nomination, then those little statues will lose what little meaning they have.
See the movie for Whitaker alone: He's possessed by evil and possesses it wholly, rendering the film (and everyone in it) his plaything.
A good movie elevated by Whitaker's pitch-perfect performance.
Rare is the actor who can accomplish an instant transformation from beast to buddy, but Whitaker makes it look easy.
This is the sort of movie worth seeing for the performances alone.
Pit stop for white liberal guilt and neocolonial pillaging
This isn't just a moral cause movie for New Yorker-reading smartypants to brag to their friends that they saw to show how in-the-know they are. The Last King of Scotland deserves every good thing that has been said about it, and then some.
Brutal look at the consequences of absolute power.
Whitaker pulls off a spectacular thespian coup that has Oscar-winner stamped all over it.
It's ultimate, unpleasing effect is that of shallow-self congratulation.
Whitaker portrays Amin as funny, vulnerable, tender and enigmatic -- all without ever letting us forget he was a maniacal monster.
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it's Whitaker that kept the film alive when everyone was handing him Best Actor statuettes
...Whitaker's superb work remains the highlight of an otherwise routine effort.
... the film belongs to Forest Whitaker, whose fierce and ferocious performance as Amin earned him the well-deserved Oscar for Best Actor this year.
Historical fantasy rules in Hollywood's Africa.
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