The Last King of Scotland
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- Synopsis
- In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr....
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- Starring
- Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson
- Director(s)
- Kevin MacDonald
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites
Unlike Sean Penn's demagogue in "All the King's Men," you're able to forget that Whitaker is acting. He embodies the role. When clips of the real Amin are shown at the end, it's almost shocking to realize the extent to which Whitaker has become him.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Drawing on a documentary visual style he deftly employed in "One Day in September" and "Touching the Void," director Kevin Macdonald uses McAvoy's boyishness to treat Garrigan's apolitical foolishness as yet another damn mess in one African country's hell.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites
Captures the energy and exuberance of a young nation in the throes of optimism and works it into a foreboding frenzy.Read the full review
