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This is the tale of Idi Amin as seeen through the eyes of a young naive Scottish doctor who gets to become his personal physician.  The film begins with the rise of Idi to power and we see how his reign manages to combine charm and horror in the way that many dictators operate.  Obviously, this is Forest Whitaker’s film and he creates a compelling character which dominates every scene he is in.  James McAvoy as Nicholas the doctor does a good job too and these two dominate proceedings.  The film itself is satisfactory but hardly rises above the expected for this sort of biopic with drama and there are some gaps in characterization and motives for the minor characters.  Watchable but nothing out of this world.

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