Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004) by Alex R — 27 Oct 2010

Hotel Rwanda is the riveting true story of Paul Rusesesbagina. A Hutu who managed the Mille Collins hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. Russesbagina sheltered both tribes, Tutsis and Hutus. This film explores the humane side to one of the darkest periods of the 1990's.

Hotel Rwanda is a superbly acted film, the cast here are absolutely wonderful. I am a big fan of Don Cheadle's work but I have to say that in Hotel Rwanda, he really shines and gives possibly the best performance of his career.

Hotel Rwanda is a hard film to watch due to it's subject matter and it is poignant, hopeful and by the end uplifting. This film, much like Schindler's List shows that some men are able to do the right thing.

This film can be easily compared to Schindler's List, because both films are very similar. However, if you'd ask me which films are better, I'd tell you that they're equal. Both films succeed in showing the good in people when all else around them is chaos.

Except for a few minor flaws, this film does a great job at portraying the atrocities. The biggest flaw of the film is really Nick Nolte's character, Colonel Oliver. Oliver never existed and the character was based on General Romeo Dallaire.

I personally think they shouldn't have changed the name of Dallaire, aside from that, the film is a superb piece of filmmaking and is one of the best films about these atrocities. A film like this is important so that it puts light on such subjects that this type of senseless killing happens in other countries.

Hopefully Hotel Rwanda will make people realize that this is happening, and we need to do something about it. Hotel Rwanda is a very important film, and the superb cast and direction tells this story with tremendous respect, a hard but necessary film to watch.

This is a terrific film and just the fact that the events in the film really happened should stimulate your interest into watching this film. Hotel Rwanda is the best film of it's kind since Schindler's List.

You cannot afford to miss this film, an important film that should be seen.