Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) by Spangle — 23 Dec 2015
Incredibly impactful and powerful, Hotel Rwanda is a brilliantly crafted film that really hits the viewer quite hard thanks to great writing, storytelling, and a phenomenal performance from Don Cheadle.
Without Cheadle's performance, the film would still be very good, but his performance elevates it into the stratosphere of "great" films. The film, at every turn, leaves you on the brink of tears with its power as it pulls the back the cover on the Rwandan genocide.
At no point did Rwanda receive the level of help they needed from the Western world, which is truly tragic and is touched on repeatedly throughout the film. An absolute indictment of the West and those who let this atrocity happen, Hotel Rwanda is just the Rwandan Schindler's List.
It is far more than that and, honestly, may be just as good or better than that film. Cheadle is phenomenal and he truly commands the screen in Terry George's breathtaking and important film.
This review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) was written by Spangle on 23 Dec 2015.
Hotel Rwanda has generally received very positive reviews.
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