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Dominican Rep. The Last King of Scotland
30,148
Drama
In an incredible twist of fate, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and ... [+]
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"A thunderous performance by Forest Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin informs and ignites The Last King of Scotland so far beyond its limitations as both a biopic and a political thriller that he becomes the movie itself" | POS |
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The Wall Street Journal | "The film as a whole measures up to Forest Whitaker's performance...one of the great performances of modern movie history" | POS |
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"Macdonald has a fetching feel for the continent, and the movie has a powerful sense of what Africa looks and feels like; you can almost smell it" | POS |
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"A spellbinding safari into the mind of His Excellency the madman" | POS |
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