Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) by Daniel D — 05 Feb 2013

I look at Hotel Rwanda as a weaker version of Schindler's List, both handle a genocidal holocaust using images to draw out emotion. And this film was depressing, the scene that stands out is the bus driving away.

With the pastors yelling "We can't leave the children". The music and scenery surrounding that moment resulted in deep sadness, the highpoint of the film. The scenery and technicality of the movie was consistent, and Don Cheadle for the most part brought an energized performance.

I believe the films greatest weakness was the editing by Naomi Geraghty who also edited for the 2011 film Limitless. I feel like plenty of the scenes dragged and the timing was off. The thrills in this film were practically not there, due to the fact that it keeps repeating itself.

It overkilled on the thrills, by doing the same thing over and over again. Overall though it's a fair drama, with its share of shocking scenes. I suggest this for fans of the genre.