Forest Whitaker’s Oscar acceptance speech was so moving, it made me want to see this movie. He is truly an amazing actor and he said that Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator he portrays, was the most complex role of his career. The movie is historical fiction. It tells the story of a fictional Scottish doctor who through a chance encounter becomes Idi Amin’s personal physician in 1970. It is a great illustration of corruption, conflicts of interest, politics, and power. I love complex characters and Whitaker’s Amin was so many things rolled into one: charming, brutal, immature, angry, lighthearted, popular, and despised. I think this movie was more of a character study than a great story, but the story is interesting and unique. 4/5 stars.