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Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

2004
Drama, War
2h 1m
Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda--and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. (imdb)

Hotel Rwanda

2004
Drama, War
2h 1m
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Rated 14 Oct 2008
90
96th
Sad and shocking movie about Rwanda in the 90's, a true story and perfectly done.
Rated 30 Dec 2008
93
54th
Falls into the same trap as Schindler's List, that it becomes more about the few who survive than the genocide they are trying to escape. In a way, the portrayal of the genocide here wasn't profound enough and the events taking place become mere background noise and generic civil strife.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
61st
The comparisons to Schindler's List are warranted, although I actually like this one more than Spielberg's take on the "savior in the face of genocide" idea. Don Cheadle is very good as Rusesabaniga. For whatever reason I wasn't quite blown away by Hotel Rwanda, but it doesn't really have any very notable flaws.
Rated 05 Dec 2006
2
21st
When I first started to get into movies I thought this was some sort of cinematic masterpiece. lmao Oscar-bait.
Rated 29 Jan 2010
81
48th
Perhaps a little too earnest in its good intentions, and a bit sanitized in its presentation of the horrors, but still a moving and worthwhile film.
Rated 19 Jan 2009
20
30th
too sloppy
Rated 15 Aug 2008
85
89th
breath taking, stunning and above it all horriying. a very powerful sketch of one of the biggest crimes commited by mankind which is drawn by the help of a wonderful cast lead by an incredible don cheadle as rusesabaniga...
Rated 13 Sep 2019
89
82nd
Making an interesting bookend to SCHINDLER'S LIST, George's film is less a chronicle of the Rwanda genocide than an intriguing study of diplomacy (and even manipulation) as a weapon in the face of terror and horror. Cheadle's masterful stone-face work (made all the more powerful when the mask briefly slips) is perfect here, balanced by Okonedo's more visceral emoting; Nolte all but steals his scenes as the UN Colonel. A very fine film that nevertheless doesn't quite have the resonance it should.
Rated 29 Jul 2017
38
4th
(Viewed in 08/13): Genocide is a brutal crime against humanity. Dressing it up in the conventional(i.e comfortable) genre of a heroic triumphalist biopic is offensive at best. By focusing on the brave actions of Paul, a deporable tragedy is transformed into the African equivalent of Schindler's List where a good man puts his life at risk to save others. Consequently, we gain no insight into the greater socio-political-economic complexities driving the massacre, and the West is let off the hook.
Rated 04 Jun 2014
85
80th
It didn't really have much to do with the film, but when I was in high school there was totally a girl I 100% had the chance to hook up with during this film. I really dropped the ball on that one just like the UN did in Rwanda. I understand your pain ye victims of genocide, I feel your pain.
Rated 25 Nov 2012
62
45th
Good subject, poor approach!
Rated 19 Jan 2011
83
55th
This is one of those movies that really makes you think about how the human race operates. There is a chilling quote from Joaquin Phoenix's character that says "I think if people see this footage they'll say, 'oh my God that's horrible,' and then go on eating their dinners." And it's true.
Rated 05 Dec 2010
95
97th
And just as you're thinking: "This is going alright. I'm managing not to sob like a little girl while re-watching this" Don Cheadle counterattacks with "We must shame them into sending help". Checkmate. Hand me the family size box of Kleenex
Rated 14 Dec 2009
94
80th
Africa's Schindler's List. Beautiful.
Rated 14 Apr 2009
86
75th
Touching and stirring movie that captures the feeling of terror and disgust well. A great rent.
Rated 17 Mar 2009
85
84th
A rare situation where the movie did a good job living up to the autobiography it was based on (An Ordinary Man). Cheadle is stellar playing the role of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina. A powerful depiction of what is going on in certain African nations where the U.N. has a tightrope to walk in trying to figure out how to do the right thing. It also shows how many different crazy ways there are to judge people, not just by race, or religion but to be killed because of the width of your nose.
Rated 04 Mar 2009
40
71st
Sort of a cross between _The Killing Fields_ and _Schindler's List_, it mercilessly plays the shame game, while it also gives us a real-life hero to identify with and become involved with: a humble hotel manager (Hutu married to Tutsi) who shelters over a thousand refugees in his four-star resort. Cheadle is for the most part admirably restrained, though not the part where he rips open his shirt in a cliché of despondency. Nicely, cleanly, warmly photographed by the Frenchman Robert Fraisse.
Rated 06 Dec 2008
95
93rd
Rated 04 Nov 2008
96
99th
I didn't eat a day after I first saw this movie. Even though no atrocity is really shown, the power of suggestion is always present. And some lines... cold shivers down my spine. From "cleared roads" over "being halfway already" to the horrible thing one child promised (it'll make sense if you have seen the film), this is a discovery of possibly the worst genocide ever committed. And the world knew it, and just kept on watching...
Rated 27 May 2008
85
97th
It really opened my eyes on this tragic event. I admit with great shame I didn't know much about the true story, and after watching this film, I took the time to learn about the tragic past.
Rated 29 Mar 2008
80
64th
30 Mart 08 with Maki, she cried & It remainds me of Schindler's List.Don Cheadle is very good!
Rated 29 Mar 2008
83
70th
30 Mart 08 with Burak.I cried
Rated 20 Jan 2008
81
81st
A moving film of struggle and survival amidst genocide. Don Cheadle is one of the best actors around.
Rated 24 Dec 2007
80
87th
A great emotional rollercoaster amongst the terror of a mass genocide. Based on true events, it does a great job of representing the events of 1994 with some great performances and no noticeable flaws. Don Cheadle stands out the most with a fantastic performance.
Rated 15 Nov 2007
84
83rd
Neccessarily grizzly stuff. Gripping, engaging, and above all a fantastic portrayal of an incredible struggle to retain hope when all seems lost. Magnificent.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
82nd
Cheadle is magnificent, the story is worth telling, and it is told in just the right way.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
76th
Very effective and powerful. The performances from Cheadle and Okonedo are real standouts. Yet, I couldn't help but feel that the ending was way too uplifiting for a story of such turmoil. It seemed to ring flase, imo.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
68th
Powerful, and well done. Not ever going to be my favorite movie, but I really liked it when I saw it.
Rated 21 May 2007
48
36th
It's refreshing to see a movie on this subject, and it's only natural to be deeply moved by watching atrocities and heroics and so forth, but I'm miffed that Terry George opted to make such a theatrical, Hollywoodish drama out of material that would have benefitted from greater realism and credibility.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
85
63rd
I know this was a serious film with him in a dramatic role, but I kept wanting Don Cheadle to drop his accent.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
80
95th
Excellent.
Rated 30 Nov 2006
94
84th
Hollywood version of one of the most tragic political stories of the last decades. Great effort and a very moving film.
Rated 12 Sep 2024
73
46th
Opinión personal: 7 Actores: 8 Guión: 7 Fotografía: 6 BSO: 8 Otros:7 Iluminación: FX:8 Director:6 Humor: Vestuario/caracterización: Ritmo: Total: 73
Rated 23 Jun 2024
3
43rd
Well this was depressing. I saw part of it on cable as a teen; it introduced me to a side of human nature I was unfamiliar with, and stayed with me. On rewatch: it's flawed, but decent. I want to read the real history now. I just wish more people were inspired by such things to learn and make the world better; but as Phoenix's character says, "they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners." And it just gets worse when you know how often these things happen.
Rated 23 Mar 2024
72
65th
The screenwriters got many awards from this but actually the script is the weakest part here. The crazy massacre in Rwanda is sweetened up and don't give to viewers the true picture. Otherwise ok history lesson.
Rated 27 Jan 2024
67
33rd
This is a good film, but there's something about it that keeps it from being great for me. It feels like a movie that is trying to be important, but often flinches away from the horrors it professes to depict, preferring feel good Hollywood moments to the type of rawness that might have better presented this story. Cheadle is great, but some characters feel shoehorned in just to have recognizable white faces on the screen. It just doesn't quite have the guts to be truly great.
Rated 10 Mar 2021
90
75th
Harrowing and profoundly sad, all the while making you angry. It's a film about the way colonialism leads to generational trauma and violence, about Western indiference and y'know... about how kindness is still the one healing thing.
Rated 10 Nov 2019
90
96th
Wt actual f
Rated 21 Jan 2019
80
84th
Excellent film about a very difficult subject. Watch this and then take a look at "Shake Hands with the Devil".
Rated 26 Sep 2017
16
76th
8/8
Rated 29 Oct 2016
92
86th
Hotel Rwanda can be hard to watch at times, but it's essential viewing and features Don Cheadle at his absolute best.
Rated 20 Mar 2016
60
24th
Powerful, well acted, but didn't stick to me upon initial viewing
Rated 23 Aug 2015
90
96th
Pretty amazing!
Rated 13 Aug 2015
90
82nd
It is heartbreaking to see these atrocities take place and how horrible these people were treated during these times. This film is powerful, emotional and courageous. Don Cheadle proves that leading a film is not just about putting on a performance, but it is about providing your heart and soul and giving it everything you have to send a message of love and bravery. The rest of the world ignored this issue and millions of people lost their lives.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
8
71st
Cheadle blows away with his performance as Rusesabagina, but the real power that the film carries is due to the sheer gravity of the nightmare that was lived out by countless people in this dark historic chapter.
Rated 05 May 2015
65
64th
Unfortunately, the power of the film is mostly limited to the power of its story.
Rated 20 Apr 2015
77
45th
OK to watch.
Rated 29 Mar 2015
68
67th
3.41/5
Rated 06 Feb 2015
50
20th
"We must shame them into sending help."
Rated 03 Dec 2014
82
88th
(2nd viewing, 1st:85)
Rated 29 Oct 2014
50
7th
sweet soap-opera in front of what really happened in Africa
Rated 11 Oct 2014
95
97th
Cheadle puts in a dynamite performance that gives this already supercharged film an extra jolt of brilliance. It's nice to see Hollywood take on a topic of significance.
Rated 26 Aug 2014
85
86th
Basically the African version of Schindler's List - and that is meant to be taken as a compliment. "You're not even a nigger. You're an African" / "I think that when people turn on their TVs and see this footage, they'll say, "Oh my God, that's horrible," and then they'll go back to eating their dinners." Those are some very powerful words I won't soon forget.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
70
51st
Well-made and it hurt to watch. Had some pacing issues I think, but I suppose any movie based on real events necessarily suffers from the same problem.
Rated 12 Jul 2014
80
78th
Without reading any other mini-review for this movie I am 100% sure they all have the word sad or depressing within them.
Rated 29 Apr 2014
50
19th
The UN kicks ass that is to say the UNITED NOLTES kick ass
Rated 23 Apr 2014
40
31st
I was amazed by how detached this felt, considering its subject matter and the fact that George was the writer AND director. Cheadle is good, but he doesn't get to do much beyond cry and panic. Schindler's List comparisons are inevitable, and this film fails relative to the former primarily in its refusal to acknowledge the tragedy at hand other than by us being told so. We never see anything beyond a few corpses in a film about a genocide. Milquetoast film-making at best.
Rated 17 Feb 2014
4
91st
Has an old-fashioned look and feel, seeming closer to the year it's set (1994) than made. A decent-enough drama though with plenty to think about and strong performances.
Rated 01 Feb 2014
48
57th
A moving film, but I find myself thinking too many times "this could have been better."
Rated 28 Oct 2013
70
68th
I hadn't even heard of this incident before this movie came out. Important movie of important subject. But I'm so tired of hearing narrowminded opinions that this, or any given African conflict in modern times, was somehow the fault of colonialists, that I think they should have emphasized in this that this was not the case.
Rated 07 Oct 2013
6
6th
i dun get it. whats the big fuss?
Rated 02 Jun 2013
80
57th
Hotel Rwanda is a great movie. It takes place during war and highlights some of the horrifying aspects of it.
Rated 06 May 2013
70
69th
it's the tale of a man who's primarily looking out for himself and his family in a time of political unrest and genocide. however, after having witnessed the inhuman conduct of the party he supports firsthand, he feels compelled to save as many people as possible from their certain fate by using his previously gained influence with high ranking officials and rich business associates. long story short: it's schindler's list with blacks, not as gripping and enacted on a somewhat smaller scale.
Rated 25 Mar 2013
80
65th
Bleak and powerful. Perhaps overlong and over-focused on the protagonist's family, but it's engrossing and terrifying.
Rated 01 Feb 2013
85
0th
Gripping account of carnage of an African tribe by another, but with a focus on rare humanitarian efforts by a hotel manager despite his life and that of his family being hugely endangered. Some parts of the aerial footage are blurred and lacking in audio quality; perhaps this was real- life zoomed-out footage blended into the production. Full of hair-raising suspense, though.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
88
95th
88.000
Rated 25 Dec 2012
88
91st
Powerful Performance from Don.
Rated 04 Nov 2012
79
52nd
Very tame, a little disappointing.
Rated 25 Oct 2012
80
84th
* Casting, Acting : 8 * Script : 8 * Directing, Aura : 9 * Ease of Viewing : 7 * Naked Eye : 8
Rated 02 Sep 2012
88
92nd
Depressing and feels real. Portraits the sense of hopelessness, fear and abandonment very well
Rated 10 Aug 2012
90
86th
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Rated 03 Jul 2012
92
94th
A sobering and heartfelt tale about the massacre that took place in Rwanda while most of the world looked away.
Rated 18 Jun 2012
75
81st
I don't think I have much to say about this film, except that it's good. This type of film that sheds light on a troubled country's turmoil has been done several times, but it's always effective. Don Cheadle gave a great performance. Totally made me forget that he's actually American. Yeah, it's just a solid film that tugs at your heartstrings (but not too obviously) and brings some effectively tragic moments.
Rated 06 Jun 2012
75
55th
I've had a hard time rating this film. I feel as though I may be rating it so low because of some sort of shallow wish to disagree with the critical acclaim, as I can't place my finger on why it didn't do much for me. Hotel Rwanda is an interesting look at how one man can achieve great things through diplomacy and a bit of luck, but I feel like the filmmaker's completely failed to capture the horrendous nature of the genocide and the things that went on.
Rated 01 Jun 2012
35
76th
"I think if people see this footage they'll say, 'oh my God that's horrible,' and then go on eating their dinners," he says. It's absolutely true. Hotel Rwanda incriminates each and every one of its viewers as members of a passive, self-involved society. When the movie ends, we are exhilarated, defeated, drained, and overjoyed, all at once. And like all good movies, it makes us think about how we can start changing our own lives, too.
Rated 22 May 2012
82
89th
Wow, what a story. (must seem so brutal to me as a westerner but this shit goes on daily over there...) Brutally shot, well acted and cleverly scripted, this is a great product of independent film making. That, and Cheadle's best performance, ever!
Rated 20 May 2012
77
22nd
Ultimately pretty disappointing as a film. Although the subject matter is moving, it's quite thin in most other respects.
Rated 14 Apr 2012
87
85th
78 was my probable score and I cannot argue that. This movie is some sort of otherworldly depressing...and it's based on actual atrocity.
Rated 23 Feb 2012
90
96th
Fascinating story ..........keeps you at the edge of your chair all the way
Rated 30 Dec 2011
80
0th
derp
Rated 10 Dec 2011
69
43rd
It's one of those movies that people only like because of the subject matter. It's not bad, but it's definitely not great either.
Rated 13 Oct 2011
20
41st
"Terry George's Hotel Rwanda takes a cue less from history than it does from Schindler's List." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 10 Oct 2011
84
81st
In the same vein as the Killing Fields, this is a film that is intelligent enough to explain the absurdity of this conflict, the unforgiveable "blind eye" turning of the west, and the fact that real people with real emotions were caught up in it, not just "africans". Excellent performances from Cheadle, Okenedo and Pheonix, although Nolte was "odd". As in the last King of Scotland, the real horror of conflict is sanitised but the tension is maintained superbly. Horribly excellent
Rated 29 Sep 2011
55
21st
"Hotel Rwanda" benefits from the power of its story and excellent performances, mainly from Cheadle and Okonedo, to offer some dramatically potent scenes. However, it's also visually drab, poorly directed, crudely manipulative and it lacks a personality. The script is relatively solid, but George's uninspired, made-for-TV approach drags the whole thing down, and the film often feels more like a lecture than a piece of storytelling. It's still compelling and decent, but overall unremarkable.
Rated 21 Jul 2011
90
75th
A sobering and heartfelt tale about massacre that took place in Rwanda while most of the world looked away.
Rated 16 Jul 2011
90
46th
informative
Rated 05 Jul 2011
40
7th
Saw this when I was 15. Maybe I just wasn't "mature" enough, but I didn't enjoy it at all.
Rated 15 Jun 2011
80
88th
"Hotel Rwanda" is a heart-wrenching film. Brilliantly directed and with a very good cast, it's thought-provoking, moving, powerful and, ultimately, hopeful.
Rated 31 May 2011
35
77th
"Functions better as an emotional drama than a history lesson...remains an important, and at times, profounding moving film"
Rated 27 May 2011
81
72nd
Slightly predictability did not overly distract from the insightful story into the struggles of Rwanda
Rated 22 Apr 2011
85
83rd
Very good movie. Acting is perfect, story is engaging. Hits hard.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
65
21st
Great story, but poorly acted and directed.
Rated 20 Feb 2011
85
73rd
A Schindler's List for the modern age. Not as stirring as that film, but also more hopeful.
Rated 29 Jan 2011
30
18th
Because of the subject matter, one can certainly be forgiven for wanting it to be a better movie than it actually is. Pedestrian writing, coupled with a complete lack of directorial imagination makes it look and feel like a made-for-TV movie... and not a particularly good one.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
40
19th
Awfully Formulaic.
Rated 01 Jan 2011
80
63rd
Excellent
Rated 25 Dec 2010
88
87th
88.250
Rated 16 Nov 2010
95
82nd
I love Don Cheadle! I've watched this movie only once because I have become rather unable to see much violence, and this movie disturbs me because it's not simply violence, but rather real life events. As I said right after finishing watching it: "What a great eye opener!"
Rated 13 Oct 2010
80
60th
It's really goddamn emotionally manipulative, but hell, you have to give credit to really well done manipulation, right?
Rated 01 Oct 2010
75
73rd
It is not a film . it's about reality and wild acts we do !

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