The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland

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- 76/100 based on 191,998 votes
  • Released: 2006
  • Runtime: 123 mins
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  • Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Genres: Drama

Having graduated recently from the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan, flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic run by Dr David Merrit and his wife, Sarah. Before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with the new President, General Idi Amin, who, right from the start, feels an immediate sympathy for him. As one thing leads to another, after a while, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his physician and modernise Uganda's health care system:... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Last King of Scotland:

Forest Whitaker
James McAvoy
Simon McBurney
Gillian Anderson
Kerry Washington
David Oyelowo

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Having graduated recently from the University of Edinburgh, the Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan, flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic run by Dr David Merrit and his wife, Sarah. Before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with the new President, General Idi Amin, who, right from the start, feels an immediate sympathy for him. As one thing leads to another, after a while, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his physician and modernise Uganda's health care system: a once-in-a-lifetime offer that the doctor cannot refuse. However, more and more, Garrigan finds himself trapped in the moral abyss of Idi Amin's murderous megalomania, putting his very soul at risk. When Nicholas finally summons up the courage to rise above the madness, he becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival.

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The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - 10/10 by Charles MudedeIn Idi Amin, Whitaker reaches his artistic zenith.
Chicago Reader - 10/10 by J. R. JonesForest Whitaker gives a titanic performance as the general ... and as he seduces the naive young man into his murderous regime, director Kevin Macdonald unpacks the ignorance and arrogance that still characterize the West's attitude toward Africa.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Bill ZweckerThis is director Kevin MacDonald's first feature film, yet along with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, he has produced a motion picture that will become an instant political classic.
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Ruthe SteinUnlike Sean Penn's demagogue in "All the King's Men," you're able to forget that Whitaker is acting. He embodies the role. When clips of the real Amin are shown at the end, it's almost shocking to realize the extent to which Whitaker has become him.
Chicago Reader - 10/10 by J.R. JonesOf course no Western director can make a movie about Africa without being accused of colonialism himself, and some critics have faulted The Last King of Scotland for focusing on its white hero as black corpses pile up around him. But although the movie takes place on an international political stage, it's still a drama of individual allegiance.
WaffleMovies.com - 9/10 by Willie Waffle[Whitaker] puts in one of the most amazing acting performances of the year making Amin appear to be equally likable and detestable all at the same time
Houston Chronicle - 9/10 by Amy BiancolliSee the movie for Whitaker alone: He's possessed by evil and possesses it wholly, rendering the film (and everyone in it) his plaything.
Film Blather - 9/10 by Eugene NovikovMcDonald gets the relationship between the two central characters so right, makes it so fascinating, that more historical detail would have been a distraction.
Blogcritics.org - 9/10 by Alan Dale[T]he movie's emphasis on Nicholas's misadventures, as if the audience couldn't get into the story of Uganda without an educated, white, middle-class European as a protagonist, is a huge let-down in its own terms.
Dallas Morning News - 9/10 by Chris VognarA shrewd commentary on misguided Western excursions into the 'dark continent.'

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