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 enlarge | Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: James Mcavoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, David Oyelowo, Kerry Washington
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 667
Format: Pal, Subtitled
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 118 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036030922
ASIN: B000NQRW52
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: May 14, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Excellent Movie December 3, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recommend to watch this movie if you have some spare time to be in a world of Idi Amen. The man was brutal and his evilness got the Ugandans and Asian during 70's. However this doesnt reflect much of the people scenario which was a disappointent. I would suggest to see Misssippi Masala. This is instead inspired of a Hollywood story seen through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a young Scotsman.
 I feel just Like a Child November 13, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Here we go...yet another Hollywood film set against a backdrop of human atrocities. Its also supposedly based on real characters and events, however a little research shows this to be utter tosh with the main character completely fictional and therefore the events that befall him also obviously complete fantasy. Never the less this is an absolutely fantastic film. I loved Kevin Macdonald's "Touching the Void" documentary and this is like a polar opposite with lush, gorgeous looking cinematography in stark contrast to Void's whiteout. The acting is just out of this world with the little seen James McAvoy a sure fire star of tomorrow and Forest Whitaker unbelievably good as Idi Amin. In fact his performance might be the greatest I have ever seen; really...it's that good. He's funny, massively larger than life and completely skid-marks-on-yer-underwear scary in the role...as McAvoys character says in the final scenes "You're a child, that's what's so frightening about you"
I'll say no more other than this is a completely different film to what you are expecting. Watch it today.
Superb central performance November 13, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Forest Whitaker's depiction of Idi Amin's slide from benign simple man of the people to paranoid despot is outstanding and is the main reason for watching the film. James McAvoy is less convincing as the young doctor caught up in the turmoil of civil war. The location filming in Africa adds vivacity and colour to the sometimes confusing story.
The Last King Of Scotland November 10, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is the much lauded film about Idi Amin and his rise to power, his tenuous grip on his advisers and his own sense of reality and his relationship with his personal physician. It is infused with his paranoia and maniacal flips from joviality to aggression. Forrest Whittaker and Jame McAvoy play their roles superbly and Gillian Anderson is excellent, but sadly underused as an actress. This film is rich and colourful and shows to some extent what life may have been like in Seventies Uganda. I found it to be perfectly watchable and the acting impressive, but I wasn't as engrossed or engaged as I'd been lead to believe I would be (hence the 4 stars). But this is a good story, directed well, with a great African soundtrack. Well worth a viewing for a look at a ruthless dictator.
Ermmm October 25, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
It starts off well and finishes well, but in between its sometimes hard to feel anything for the main character. He asks for most of what he eventually recieves with his turning a blind eye and dropping his trousers at a moments notice, but then I suppose it was based in the 70's, three stars for good, but overhyped!.
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