The Last King of ScotlandI usually dislike films about actual real people. If you make a film about factual people or events then there's one thing you must get right. The facts. This is why I disliked Braveheart for example, because it contained so much fiction (or factual cowpoo). Titanic? Crap. JFK? Crap.
Having said all that, I knew absolutely nothing about the life of Idi Amin, so I could watch this as just a flick without getting pissed off at the inaccuracies (if there are any). I enjoyed this flick a lot. Forest Whittaker was excellent and convincingly portrays Amin as both vulnerable and ruthless. Don't be put off by the subject matter like I was initially. This is a really good film.
8.5/10 (of course this may come down if I learn it's full of cowpoo.)
