Cheadle was terrific as the true-life manager who did his best to save who he could. Obviously, this was a message movie that showed how the world turned its back on the Hutu-Tutsi genocide. Nolte, too rough edged for a UN commander, delivered a stinging monologue pointing out that the world thinks nothing of blacks or Africans--it had my eyes rolling from the obvious guilt-tripping thrust of his script.The accolades this film has/will receive will be born of politics, not craft or story.
----Be right there, Mom.
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Topic - Hotel Rwanda: Low budget international guilt trip - mr grits 08:03:54 02/06/05 (8)
- So, Schindler's List....high budget guilt trip? - tinear 13:14:23 02/06/05 (6)
- Two politically incorrect facts - Auricle 09:18:10 02/07/05 (0)
- I thought SL was truly a very important film that should be seen . . . - mr grits 16:02:07 02/06/05 (4)
- My point is that you seem to have zero caring for - tinear 05:04:56 02/07/05 (3)
- Your conclusions are incorrect . . . - mr grits 08:10:45 02/07/05 (2)
- At any rate, everything I've read about the film says it goes - tinear 18:00:44 02/07/05 (1)
- There's no substitute for seeing it. Nolte's monologue is way over the top . . . I feel guilty thinking about it. - mr grits 18:53:13 02/07/05 (0)
- Doubtless true. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:53:58 02/06/05 (0)