• Most notable and solely archiveable for the performances- chiefly the Oscar winning performance from Forest Whitaker. His Idi Amin would make a good comparison with Idris Elba’s work in beasts of no nation. Whitaker is charming in one scene, paranoid and edgy in the next and then horrifying. It’s a great role and since his work in the crying game he’s good at his accepts
  • Solid support is led by James McAvoy (who is technically lead as it’s his story) as the equally naïve and arrogant (with some charm of his own) Dr Nicholas Garrigan and with Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson… brilliant in a small role is David Oyelowo (first archiveable performance) as well
  • Straightforward filmmaking
  • Not in or near the top 10 of 2006