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The Last King of Scotland   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: B+ 13 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B+ 6849 ratings  User Reviews (329 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 329  |   Next   Overall Grade: A- Story: A Acting: A- Direction: B Visuals: B To the question of eurocentrism... by Tad (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 69 of 72 people found this review helpful First off, let me say that this movie was well-told as a pure act of plot-making. The character arcs were solid, and the story moved along tidily. Most major Hollywood pr... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A Visuals: A- Wow...Mr. Whitaker by Diatus (movies profile) (Mar 8, 2008) 40 of 44 people found this review helpful Give this man an Oscar please! This is, by far, one of the best acted films EVER. We all knew the storyline but we didn't know that the story, life, and contradictions of... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A- Visuals: A- Great acting, script, pretty much great everything by Adam (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 35 of 36 people found this review helpful The movie's storyline is so intriguing to start, first because its mostly true, second because it's actual very interesting. Forrest Whitaker's performance in this movie... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Compelling and beautiful film by Peter (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 28 of 34 people found this review helpful Forrest Whittaker delivers an awesome performance as the charming, paranoid rogue Idi Amin - very human, in a role that could easily have been caricature. A study in how... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B- Acting: A- Direction: B+ Visuals: A- Suprisingly good by Stewie Griffin (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 19 of 22 people found this review helpful On average I was impressed by the acting and the fact that the African accents were mostly Ugandan- kudos Forest and especially Kerry. I wish they could have mentioned mo... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B- Acting: A Direction: B- Visuals: B Whitaker gives great performance by Eric (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 14 of 15 people found this review helpful 10/14/06 When I saw Little Miss Sunshine back in September, I saw the trailer for this movie and I've been intrigued by it ever since. One of my favorite movies is the 1... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A Visuals: A- Whitaker deserves an Oscar by jennifer (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 13 of 13 people found this review helpful If he doesn't get an Oscar for this amazing performance, I can honestly say Academy members are biased. First, the acting, it's a showcase of how to have great acting.... Full Review Overall Grade: C+ Story: C Acting: B Direction: C Visuals: C Whitaker's Very Good, But... by Jersey Joe (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 12 of 13 people found this review helpful I know this film is based on real events. I know Idi Amin was a brutal dictator who was a bit of a character. I just don't know how it didn't translate into a better fi... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: B Visuals: B I love Kay Amin. by PaulH (movies profile) (Feb 27, 2008) 11 of 14 people found this review helpful This movie was much better than I had expected. Although I never met Idi Amin, I thought Forest Whitaker's portrayal of him will at the least earn him an Oscar Nominatio... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B Acting: A+ Direction: A- Visuals: B+ The King Has Entered The Building by Eric (movies profile) (Sep 7, 2007) 8 of 8 people found this review helpful Adi Amin was just before my time, but I have to wonder if I were around, would I have been swept up in his deceptive charm, fallen for his ruse while thousands had died?... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 329  |   Next