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Name: The Last King of Scotland
Released: 2006-9-27
Cast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson

The Last King of Scotland

R
2h 3m
2006

87%

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Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award® for Best Actor for his searing portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in this gripping, suspenseful stunner inspired by real events.

Director:

Kevin MacDonald

Producer:

Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel

Writer:

Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock

Cast:

Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

87%

Critics Consensus: Forest Whitaker's performance as real-life megalomaniac dictator Idi Amin powers this fictionalized political thriller, a blunt and brutal tale about power and corruption.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

Neither overly political nor overly intellectual, The Last King of Scotland is a powerful, accessible biopic of one of history’s recent madmen.

Bigger than life, volatile, unstable, whipping from childlike generosity to ferocious vengeance to crippling paranoia in seconds, it’s the kind of role that invites accolades and [Forest] Whitaker deserves them all...

An electric chemistry between McAvoy and Whitaker allows us to suspend our disbelief at the doctor's feckless gullibility...

A commendable action film rather than astute political portrait.

November 3, 2018

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