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Though the film, based on Dallaire's memoir, can veer toward deification of the general, it's hugely effective.Full Review

Ernest Hardy
Village Voice

A quietly powerful, incisive portrait of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallarme (Roy Dupuis), who was sent to Rwanda in 1993 on a peacekeeping mission as the ruling Hutu attacked the rebel Tutsi, yet he was hobbled by the U.N. leadership and faced with the indifference of the world's superpowers.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

Compelling documentary.Full Review

Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Back in Canada, Dallaire tells a psychiatrist that he remembers Rwanda in flashbacks that are "not like memories at all." Shake Hands with the Devil captures something of that sensation; it's a depiction of events that are too painful to remember, too essential to forget.Full Review

Mark Jenkins
NPR

Spottiswoode relays this tragic story with respect and sadness. But Michael Donovan's script is stuffed with clichés, and Dupuis is unable to convey the depth of Dallaire's emotions.Full Review

Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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