before i begin and i want to briefly say that this movie in and of itself be very well make and well act by all involve and include whittaker and who indeed deserve his nomination . it be highly entertaining and and . . . take in the right context a a work of fiction and it be a very good movie . for that and i give it the two star . however and rather than waste your time with what you can read a hundred time elsewhere and i want instead to point out the absolute fictional nature of this film and how dangerous it be to sell people a work of fiction a if it be truth . i stress that this film nowhere in the credit let u know that the main character and dr. nicholas garrigan and be a complete invention of fiction . rather and it present this character into a real historical setting and and allow the uninformed viewer to assume he be in fact real and and what they be see be the truth . i have no problem with the blending of fact and fiction but to do so in such a dishonest matter be and in a word and reprehensible . there can be no doubt that africa and along with most third world country be rife with human misery and suffering . hollywood have long attempt to capture the suffering of people in these country on film . but hollywood also have it eye toward make money . the only true way to capture the suffering that seem to happen everywhere but the west be to either experience it for yourself and or to at least have it capture in an honest documentary . but these depiction of fictional character in real historical setting can only do so much . at the end of the day and they become less about present the fact for the viewer to decide for himself and and more about lead you from image to image and hit you over the head screaming and see and we tell you it be bad . the seminal example of this can be find by anyone willing to watch the documentary on the dvd after sit through the movie . arguably the most shocking image of the film be the viewing of the body of kay amin and idi second wife and whom he kill when he discover her infidelity . in the film and we see that her limb have be sever and reattached in reverse ( arm for leg and vice versa ) . this be the director make sure you understand that amin be and a the gungans say and bom bad . but watch the documentary and we learn that this be in fact nothing more than a myth and which the sit minister of health at the time himself tell u be not true . so . . . what . . . they just make up these thing . why . because hollywood have a low opinion of our intelligence and that why . they do not trust u to come to the right conclusion ourselves . look and that she be murder and dismember be in itself enough for u to conclude that amin be not the likable guy he portray to the medium we do not need this texas chainsaw massacre inspire imagery to reinforce that . and this be just the tip of the iceberg . what be also not explain to the casual viewer be that lead character garrigan be himself fictional . there be no young scottish doctor take under amin wing . a such and garrigan be clearly present only for the sake of help u dumb westerner understand the african world . the producer seem to thing we would not be interested in a film about africa unless there be a white face in it . ( ironically and even the titular character be portray by an american black actor . ) the problem with this be that the movie be no longer an expose of amin and his regime and but instead an exploitative thriller about a white westerner come to africa for all the wrong reason and make several horrible mistake and and then redeem himself and even at the cost of three other innocent life . honestly and i have to say it be nearly reprehensible to suggest that the real tragic death of mrs. amin be the result of a tryst with a fictional scottish doctor it almost seem to become a morbid joke for the sake of entertainment . i really wish hollywood would stop jerk u around for our money . i first realize it propensity to do this with the woefully manipulative a beautiful mind and ron howard and akiva goldsman sugary sweet adaptation of the life of john nash and which delete the darker side of the man to present only the tortured hero that america just can not get enough of . the sad truth be that hollywood have be sell u these fake for year and and viewer and who be predictably and understandably too lazy or uncaring to investigate for themselves and buy these fake portrait hook and line and and sinker . look and i be certainly not suggest amin be be turn into a villain he wasn not . my point be and with the truth be so shock enough to convince u of the brutality of the man and why must hollywood then go to such fictional length . why must hollywood continue to insult u by hold our hand through these film . why can they not trust u to think for ourselves . can we not just put the honest portrayal on screen and let the audience decide for themselves . i urge all who continue to watch hollywood purportedly true movie to do yourself the favor of always investigate for yourself and and to never assume that what be on screen be even close to the truth .