forest whitaker performance be all the more impressive for make it almost worthwhile to sit through this dreck . historical fiction do not justify change history . the absurdity begin from the ground up with the imaginary lead character play by james mcavoy . to create a fictional observer for the purpose of give the reader a point of connection in the book be regrettable and regrettable that white people can not just read a book without a white protagonist to connect to and but at least he be place in a somewhat passive role . make up a fake historical actor and credit this fiction with expose amin to the world be irresponsible and lazy and stupid . not make the action of this creation believable or even sane be just criminal and and have open the door for movie like the one theyre planning to make with leonardo dicaprio a a heroic enron whistleblower who never exist . the logic of the world do not apply in this film where some scottish kid think it okay to sleep with the wife of a murderous dictator . it doesn not apply where the wife of the dictator desire to sleep with some stupid scrawny irresponsible white boy . for that matter everybody be line up to sleep with this scrawny and irresponsible and arrogant white boy and he even have gillian anderson lick her comely chop . let me declare and i do not like james mcavoy . i be not sure what it be about him and but i think his mr. tumnus in narnia be creepy and pervy . i think that kerry washington would never look twice at him so i can not believe that the wife of a powerful dangerous man like amin would risk and lose her life for him . i do not believe him a a doctor and and i just do not see the appeal . his character seem to have far more arrogance than would make sense and and try to make him look like a badass in shoot the cow be just . there that word again . absurd . think about it and you be watch all of these character bend themselves into knot in order to accommodate this unbelievable main character and there never be such a guy . gillian anderson look incredible and sound more british than most brit . whitaker give a great expansive magnetic performance and and highlight and with his incomprehensible pre oscar speech and just how much he be act . it a shame the film around him have no reason to exist .