The legibility of Nicholas's gaze is amazing because McAvoy doesn't filter what we read there. Though McAvoy is cast as an (eventually) heroic protagonist (that is, one capable of learning what the moviemakers consider the most important lessons), as a movie figure he is less likable than Whitaker's Idi Amin, and thus suggests more layers of character than the moviemakers' simplistic romance has any use for.
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Article comments
1 - Silvia
The most insighful review I have read about The Last King of Scotland until now; a pleasure to read.
2 - Alan Dale
Thanks, Silvia. Tell all your friends!
3 - Silvia
I will! I am writing a "postcolonial critique" of this movie as a school project and will include your review (duly cited, of course), if you do not mind, as one of my sources. Again, thanks for your thoughts!
4 - Alan Dale
Silva: Of course I don't mind--I'm flattered. What school, course?
5 - Silvia
I'm writing that essay (and a fun excuse for an essay too!) for the "Culture and Colonialism" class I take, at Concordia University, Montreal (undergrad level).
Thanks for giving me permission to quote you!
Also, keep up the good work; you have a new fan.
6 - David
I liked your review and agree with what you are saying. I did, however, enjoy the movie for what it was.