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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 11 Mar 2008

Captures the energy and exuberance of a young nation in the throes of optimism and works it into a foreboding frenzy…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Mar 2008

Furiously paced, with excellent performances by Forest Whitaker as Amin and James McAvoy as the foolish Scotsman who becomes the leader's personal…

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By Brandon Fibbs (448) for BrandonFibbs.com (287) on 28 Feb 2008

Whitaker portrays Amin as funny, vulnerable, tender and enigmatic -- all without ever letting us forget he was a maniacal monster…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Jan 2008

The story is fanciful, with grotesquely improbable twists involving the fictional Garrigan (James McAvoy) and one of the dictator's three wives…

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By Nicka. (38) on 28 Jun 2007

Forest Whitaker inhabits the heartless monster of Idi Amin, Uganda…

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By Dragan Antulov (311) for Index.hr (29) on 21 Jun 2007

Film postaje daleko mra%u010Dniji nego %u0161to su to njegovi autori imali u plan…

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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for 7M Pictures (1,037) on 04 Jun 2007

It's Whitaker that kept the film alive when everyone was handing him Best Actor statuettes…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 03 Jun 2007

Whitaker's superb work remains the highlight of an otherwise routine effort…

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By Sohaila. (1) on 22 May 2007

The acting was awesome, but the movie could have used a little bit more direction/meaning as a whole…

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By Patc. (128) on 20 May 2007

This is an unvarnished study of a naive empty vessel of a young man without direction…

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By Johnb. (77) on 18 May 2007

It's the realistic and totally believable performance of Forest Whitaker that pulls this movie through…

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By Markg. (24) on 17 May 2007

Forest and McAvoy both give stellar preformances in a brutal and real piece of film…

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By Pnardypnardy (33) on 12 May 2007

A masterpiece portraying the dictator Amin's character and his cruel and barbaric regime in Uganda, Africa…

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By Tiffanym. (3) on 10 May 2007

This movie far surpassed what I thought it would be…

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By Halb. (32) on 27 Apr 2007

A very flawed movie, as other user reviews have noted here…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for WBAI Web Radio (87) on 20 Apr 2007

Historical fantasy rules in Hollywood's Africa…

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By Joeaverage (10) on 16 Apr 2007

Unfortunately, the film reminds me of Blood Diamond…

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By Jayw. (18) on 01 Apr 2007

Strong (maybe too strong for some), but excellent film…

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By Rd. (32) on 22 Mar 2007

Very unsettling movie mainly due to the excellent and chilling performance of idi amin as the brutal ugandan dictator…

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By Stephanies. (5) on 19 Mar 2007

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

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