Neither overly political nor overly intellectual, The Last King of Scotland is a powerful, accessible biopic of one of history’s recent madmen.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 8, 2024

Bigger than life, volatile, unstable, whipping from childlike generosity to ferocious vengeance to crippling paranoia in seconds, it’s the kind of role that invites accolades and [Forest] Whitaker deserves them all...

| Sep 24, 2023

An electric chemistry between McAvoy and Whitaker allows us to suspend our disbelief at the doctor's feckless gullibility...

| May 12, 2020

A commendable action film rather than astute political portrait.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2018

In Idi Amin, Whitaker reaches his artistic zenith.

| Feb 27, 2018

The Last King Of Scotland will no doubt be picking up an armful of gongs come award season, and rightly so; it's not only lovingly shot and acted, but it evolves into one of the best thrillers of recent memory too.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2012

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 9, 2011

Pit stop for white liberal guilt and neocolonial pillaging

| Aug 28, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Whitaker's chilling, charismatic take on Uganda's General Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland stands up there with the great depictions of unhinged dictators like Antony Hopkins' Hitler in The Bunker or Christian Clavier in the 'Napoleon' mini-series.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 25, 2008

Its ultimate effect is that of shallow self-congratulation.

| Original Score: C | Apr 5, 2008

Whitaker portrays Amin as funny, vulnerable, tender and enigmatic -- all without ever letting us forget he was a maniacal monster.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 28, 2008

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| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 22, 2007

it's Whitaker that kept the film alive when everyone was handing him Best Actor statuettes

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 5, 2007

...Whitaker's superb work remains the highlight of an otherwise routine effort.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 4, 2007

Historical fantasy rules in Hollywood's Africa.

| Apr 21, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2007

It's a deconstruction of Idi Amin's persona, played with such dedication by Whitaker the surrounding narrative feels without purpose.

Full Review | Mar 15, 2007

There is surprise in Whitaker's step, with a curtain of menace running beneath it. His is one of the fiercest, least predictable performances of 2006, so fully on edge that he becomes the movie's edge.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 5, 2007