The Last King of Scotland (2006)
You would have thought I would have seen this movie already, but I never got around to seeing Forest Whitaker 's academy award performance especially with all the hype it had. Well the hype was right. The Last King of Scotland is a film that is exceptional, and Whitaker's performance adds to the films tenacity. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald who is familiar with directing documentaries such as A Brief History of Errol Morris , and Touching the Void . It is Macdonald's understanding about documentaries that makes The Last King of Scotland such an effective film. The plot is a simple one: "In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin". Garrigan becomes an advisor and slowly realizes what type of a man Amin really is. The performances in the film are all stunning. James McAvoy plays Nicholas Garrigan who at first i...