![]() ![]() Though inspired by real people and events, The Last King of Scotland is very much a historical fiction, based as it is on Giles Foden's novel. The actor had nothing to prove to me, but unfortunately, Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland isn't up to Whitaker's robust performance. ![]() Given to grand pronouncements about African power and promises of food and services, and wielding a gregarious sense of humor that is its own kind of aggression, Amin acts like a man with something to prove (a symptom, perhaps, of suffering childhood abuse). Though Whitaker has always been this good, the flashy new role gives him unique opportunities to strut and fret, and well demonstrates his unique blend of forcefulness and restraint. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular." After all, Amin was the man-chronicled so effectively in Barbet Schroeder's Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait-who dubbed himself "His Excellency President for Life Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. The Oscar hype machine has roared to life over Forest Whitaker's performance as tyranical Ugandan president Idi Amin, and it's easy to see why.
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