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Released in 2006, The Last King of Scotland is a British film based upon the true story of Idi Amin's brutal rule of Uganda in the 1970s, starring James McAvoy as Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan... more

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  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 eilidhcatriona

    Member since 01/07/2009

    Reviews written: 44

    5 Stars Not A King We Would Want... 15/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great acting, excellent blend of fact and fiction

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A couple of very upsetting scenes

    The Last King of Scotland was released in 2007 as a film of the novel by Giles Foden of the same title. It is a story about Idi Amin, the president of Uganda in the 1970s, and mixes fact and fiction. Forrest Whitaker stars as Amin, in an Oscar winning turn, with James McAvoy as his personal physician, Nicholas Garrigan. The story follows Nicholas (a fictional character) as he becomes a qualified doctor, then heads off to Uganda rather than stay in Scotland to work with his father. Once in Uganda, he crosses paths with Amin, who loves the Scots and all things Scottish. He employs Nicholas as ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 thedevilinme

    Member since 13/05/2008

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    3 Stars You know what Amin Harry.. Review with images 05/04/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Idi made human?

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Frank Brunoesque turn from Forrest..

    I suspect the casting process for the Last King of Scotland was one of the quickest in film history. James McAvoy is the hottest young Scottish talent around (now Ewan McGregor is spending most of his time making bad movies and messing around on his motorbike!), whilst there are very few twenty stones black actors working today. Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible and Pulp Fiction) is way too cool to bung on anther five stones and Lenny Henry just doesn’t have the experience. Get Forrest on the line! But it was no easy Oscar for the big man, a lot of hard work required to play this very physical ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 afy9mab

    Member since 11/07/2000

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    5 Stars The Fall of Innocence 06/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An amazing central performance from Whitaker, strong direction, characterisation and writing.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some characters are clear plot devices.

    In 1970, rather than join his father's staid family practice, newly qualified young doctor Nicholas Garrigan goes to Uganda in search of adventure. He reaches the country just as it is taken over in a military coup by General Idi Amin and his troops. For a time it seems the country will be rid of corruption and make the leap into modernity and prosperity. In a bizarre twist of fate, the doctor impresses the president in a moment of crisis and finds himself appointed as the head of state's personal physician and closest advisor. At first Garrigan is flattered by the attention and social status ... more
  • 61 of 61 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Mickie26

    Member since 11/01/2003

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    4 Stars Never Trust A Rich Stranger - The Last King Of Scotland DVD 26/07/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great strong story, memorable characters, wonderful performances and a powerful film.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Plot at times a bit complex and I cannot remember the soundtrack.

    Belonging to a film club I get to see a lot of films. In fact, watching films is one of my favourite pastimes. Recently I watched “The Last King of Scotland”. It is a 2006 British drama film based on Giles Foden's novel. It tells the fictional tale of Dr Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy). He is a young Scottish doctor who visits Uganda and meets with dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). On meeting Idi Amin he soon becomes his personal physician and this is where the story begins. The film is based around actual events of Amin's dictatorship. The film begins in Scotland 1970 when Nicholas ... more
  • 89 of 89 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 Andy.mack

    Member since 29/08/2002

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    5 Stars Amin's White Monkey 20/05/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An excellent story, very eye opening. The performance by Whitaker

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not going to have mass appeal

    Over the last month or so I seem to have been catching up with a number of films that I’d actually been quite keen to see when they were in the cinema. The latest one on my list was The Last King Of Scotland, a film I had heard a lot of good things about. So I sat down last night to finally catch up with the film and see what all the fuss was about. It’s based on the true story of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and the way he ruled Uganda during a certain phase of his dictatorship. Would the film life up to the expectations though? Well there was only one way to find out. The movie focuses on the ... more

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Actor(s) James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, David Oyelowo, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney
Director(s) Kevin Macdonald, Kevin Macdonald
Genre Drama
Classification 15 years and over
Production Year 2006

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