I gave this as a gift. They were very pleased as they had been to Africa that year and said it depicted some of the areas they travelled.

There was essentially one scene in this movie that summed up the entire ordeal better than the two hours of Cheadle's camera mugging. The bodies laying strewn about the road side when the fog lifted. That's it. The rest of the screenplay was fairly safe and dumbed down for the masses to enjoy. I see many 5-star reviewers tossing out comparisons to "Schindler's List". Good heavens, both films deal with mass murder. That is where the similarities end. For starters, Nick Nolte is horribly mis-cast as the U.N. commander. He stumbles through his lines like a drunkard and his attempts at anger become cartoonish. There is a constant anti-white theme throughout the film as well that I found irritating. I understand this is Cheadles thing now...cough Crash cough...The only white cast member not displayed as a rich, callous, and soul-less blob is the woman working for the Red Cross. Nolte's little speech about Africans made to Cheadle is laughable and seems like it was tossed in just in case the average viewer had missed the obvious agenda.

In closing, the Rwandan genocide was obviously a terrible period in world history. However, I don't need to sit and watch a movie which, for two hours, attempts to make the American and British governments look bad. When large countries get involved in affairs they are considered bullies and "global policeman." When they do not get involved they are considered callous and heartless. Can't have it both ways there folks, but I guess people like to reserve the right to complain no matter what politicians do.

Very moving. Besides Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo, I like the performance of Nick Nolte a lot.

This movie reminded me 'Schindler's List'. However, Paul was in the even worse situation while helping and saving 1268 lives.

You have to watch this movie to appreciate it.

We often see the news and wonder what can or should be done. This movie shows us how one person can make a difference. I gave this movie to a teenage friend who wants to make a difference in the world. She loved it and so do I.
The movie is well done. The subject is not for everyone. I would not allow young children to see it. But it is a film that every voting adult should see.
Excellent performances by all actors.

This movie is Don Cheadle's movie. His quiet gravita carries the weight and he deservedly wins an Oscar's nomination for it. To put it in a nutshell, Hotel Rwanda is akin to Oskar Schlinder saving the Jews in Schlinder's List. Here, we would get to see how Rwanda is abandoned by major powers such as French, Belgium, and even America. Unlike Iraq, Kuwait which have oil that America needs, Rwanda has nothing that those major power craves for. Even when genocide begins, personnel for the White House is still debating if "genocide" is a just definition of what happened to Rwanda. One million corpses is quite a body count, isn't it? Even when Paul (Don Cheadle), House Manager for Mille Colline could leave Rwanda, he morally chooses to stay back to ensure that those under his protection would leave safely. Established supporting cast such as Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Sophie Okonedo. A movie to watch, lest we forget of human's propensity to commit evil towards one another.

hotel rwanda is an excellent movie. extremely moving and heartfelt that you can't help but wish there was something you could do. it delivers the truth that is happening or has happened in so many countries. this film is touching and truly inspirational on so many levels. it just makes it all the more sorrowful when you know it's based on true events. the brutallity of some people, that stands against this one mans courage to stand up and help. he is determined to help his people to survive at all cost. even if it means his life. he feels he must fight, even if he fights alone. all the while you see the fear in his eyes, but you also see the courage in his heart. he gives his people refuge in his hotel. he does all he can to protect them. he gives everything, although he is in constant danger. in the meantime outside of this hotel all around there's people dying, getting tortured, and chaos has broken loose. when no one in the world can help them, or care to what can he do? he wants to do more, but how does one man stand against an army. in the end he is a hero in the eyes of those he helped and is an example to all others, and just when he thinks he can do no more, help has come. excellent directing, and if this film doesn't move you in one way or another, damn then i don't know what's up with you. i got to hand it to don cheadle, this man is wonderful. this is a one in a lifetime performance. i don't think anybody could have done it the way he did. great actor, and you know he gave it all and then some in this film. he portrays brilliantly what one man did to save over 1,200 refugees from the hands of mad men. it's a powerful film.

This movie is the entire reason I have an interest in African politics now. It let me in on a world I didn't know existed. If you haven't seen this movie you should. It will add to what you might already know if not teach you much more.

What a powerfuly well done movie to tell the story of people and the country that were ignored.
Aching for the suffering children.

thank you for producing such a powerful film.

This gut wrenching movie is based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a five star assistant hotel manager in Africa who spent his life being accommodating to the rich, famous and powerful clientele of the hotel Mille Collines in hope that one day he could call on them to help his family.

All hell breaks loose in 1994 just before the president is assassinated. Following this begins the unbelievable genocide raged against the Tootsis people. Paul has to think fast on his feet to keep his wife and children alive (they are Tootsis, he is Hutu). His actions surprise even himself. Without expecting it, Paul becomes a humanitarian, saving over 1000 refugees by hiding them in the hotel while over 800,000 Tootsis were being slaughtered.

The act of killing so many people seems incomprehensible. Hotel Rwanda's disturbing content deals with the dark side of humanity. It did not try to over shadow the horror with flying limbs and splashing blood like they could of. It focuses instead on the emotional and psychological turmoil of the main characters and those within the hotel. This is one of the best films I've ever seen. Don Cheadle is superb as Paul Rusesabagina and this important story is something that you'll remember and want to talk about. Reviewed by M. E. Wood.

This isn't a perfect film, but it does come very close. It makes a few unnecessary changes to the actual event, such as the identity of the commander of UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. The fictional Colonel Oliver comes across as rather dry and emotionless, which bears no relations to the actual commander in charge of the peacekeeping mission, Romeo Dallaire. As a study of a man who changed from bystander to rescuer however, the film is very useful. Comparable to some of the lessons I have learnt about rescuers during the Shoah (Holocaust).

Or, "Sir, would you like some DEATH with during your stay?"

Yes, Don Cheadle owns, quietly, every scene in this flick.

Yes, director Terry George & vet cinematographer Bob Fraisse (who served up the kinetic street warfare in "Ronin") cook up a little deadly cinematic ghoulash. They evoke, vividly, the feral sink of depravity that was Rwanda in 1994, when more than a million Hutus & Tutsis were slaughtered in an orgy of ferocious destruction, turning the land into a reeking abattoir.

But in the end, so what? What is the point here?

If the point is that something Horrible happened in Africa---well, folks, get over it. Something horrible is always happening in Africa: ask the Sudanese in Darfur, where a brutal genocide against the south is carried out by the Muslim Janjaweed militia, who have slaughtered nearly a million in the last two years, who take delight in refining their tactics of rape and carnage.

Or ask the Cambodians, whose skulls their former God-Emperor Pol Pot used to stack by the millions, as if building little bony towers to heaven, even as liberal lion Noam Chomsky apologized for him.

Or dial up the thousands of Iranian students huddled in broomclosets in Iran, who are regularly beaten, abducted, tortured, and killed for daring to voice dissent to the Mullahocracy's iron rule there.

I'm sure you would have heard outrage had you parachuted into Iraq before April 2003---muted, because an Iraqi expressing his revulsion for Saddam's death camps, torture factories, & rape rooms would have been in danger of apprehension by the hated secret police---and maybe had his tongue pulled off for his troubles.

What happened? The UN dithered & stalled (just as it did with Rwanda, as it does with the Sudan), despite Saddam's violation of more than 13 separate sanctions over the past decade. Eager to remove Saddam---for his atrocities, for the threat his intransigent regime posed the US, and for his probable secret WMD program (moved to Syria while the US waltzed with the UN for fruitless months)---the US took action, and deposed the tyrant in weeks.

Did the US mishandle post-war Iraq? Absolutely. But for its troubles, the US, and particularly President Bush, received nothing but international vilification: for saving millions of Iraqis from torture & tyranny, Bush was branded "a new Hitler". Liberal 'experts' now assure us we have no place remaining in the middle of a "civil war".

You know, a 'Civil War'. Just like in Rwanda. Or in the Sudan.

Which is why this type of movie, however beautifully acted, however balefully true, however illlustrative of the savagery of Man at his worst---its appeal eludes me. Does it make you feel righteous, weeping over the long-buried dead, while ignoring those about to be shoveled into the charnel pit? Does it make you feel oh-so-sweet-sanctimony?

Remember this, then: the next time you weep into your popcorn over cinematic bloodshed: when another tribe, another people, face the cameras with tears in their eyes and bayonets in their backs & beg rescue from a weary West, the answer will likely be: "Sorry, it's none of our business. Try the UN."

JSG

I did not know much about this movie before I watched it. I was completely engrossed in the story and characters. A well made film that probably hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. The DVD transfer is very good.

Hotel Rwanda sheds light (as it should do) on the 1994 Rwanda genocide that led to the deaths of close to a million people while the world looked on.
The manager of a Belgian owned luxury hotel, an ethnic Hutu, tries desperately to save his Tutsi wife and children as the world around him descends into chaos and madness; a nightmare where hatred and slaughter are the order of the day...
Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Jean Reno and the rest of this AMAZING cast have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are extraordinary to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is something else)! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide important insight not to mention more than a few tears.
More relevant than ever, the movie does a great job as an eye-opener to one of the darkest events of the twentieth century. The film provides the necessary background as well as an accurate description of conditions on the ground during the few months that the conflict lasted. The world's reaction, or lack of it, (especially the American and British hypocrisy and inaction, and the French support of the Hutu perpetrators) is briefly touched upon.
Moreover, it could have been and it should have been much more graphic in showing what really took place in Rwanda's "killing fields."
Hopefully more will be done to stop the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Western Sudan and we will not have to wait for another movie to come out after it's all over before people become aware and do that which is humane.
Similarly to movies like The Lord of War, The Last King of Scotland, and Blood Diamond to name a few, Hotel Rwanda draws attention to some pretty important issues facing Africa.
In short, Hotel Rwanda is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!

I don't know what else to say about this movie. It's was one of the most moving stories about Africa that I have seen. It's a shame that it didn't receive more rewards. I only wish I would've seen this film sooner. Powerful.

Every actor in this film is excellent and delivers a rather understated performances. Perhaps it's because the harrowing and tragic tale is something the real-life people portrayed here have come accustomed to somehow and that is a tragic commentary in of itself. In any event, this film while filled with excellent supporting actors belongs to its lead, Don Cheadle who earned a Best Actor nod for this performance (and should have won hands down).

Cheadle has been building an impressive resume with memorable supporting roles in which he nearly eclipses his leads. He began his career on TV's Picket Fences - Season 1 and remainded on the show for it's entire run and eventually emerged as the star of it. He then went on to cool roles like in Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones and facinating and complex roles such as in Crash (Widescreen Edition), but nothing compares to his quiet, restrained performance in this film that I can only compare his role and delivery of it to Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition) in which both actors have the challenging task of exhibiting what I call "quiet courage" under great calamity and showing their great love and compassion for others without exactly "showing" it. It's all in their subtle gestures, whispered dialogue, and revealing eyes. Both films remind me of that old adage teachers like myself live by, "no cares how much you know until they know how much your care."

I, like other reviewers here, went into this film knowing nothing about the topic. I rented it based upon my respect of Don Cheadle and the positive reviews that surrounded this film when it was released. Again, I knew nothing about the topic of the film itself and was I shocked by the events that unfolded in the film. It is truly a harrowing tale told with great respect and dignity. I found no silly cliches or trite treatment of this compelling and important event in history.

This film is outstanding and it that will move you and stay with you long after the experience of viewing it is over.

This movie took me by surprise in that I went into unknowing about the subject matter. It really bothered me too once I was enlightened and suppose it should have. So it succeeded on those grounds. Highly recommended as a history lesson disguised as entertainment or can evil history be entertaining? The truth and true happenings are stranger than fiction. God have mercy on evil souls. Every good soul should see this one.

In 1994 between April and Mid-July an estimated 800,000 Tutsi's were slaughtered by Hutu rebels (in most cases with machetes) as the rest of the world sheepishly turned a blind eye. Don Cheadle and his supporting cast; to include Nick Nolte, give stellar performances in this riveting tale of international indifference and bad behavior. Cheadle's Oscar nominated performance chronicles the decision making process of a Hotel manager, as he attempts to protect friends and family during the notorious Hutu uprising of 1994. This movie is strong enough to convince you to ask questions. It also serves as yet another grizzly account of the crimes against humanity that exist with surprising regularity in Africa.

Don Cheadle. The face of Rwanda in a film so overpowering one should see it twice but might only stomach it once. After a dozen years we Americans barely remember "Hutu" and "Tutsi" but are reminded that while we slept thousands upon thousands were slaughtered. "Where was the international outrage?", it so boldly asks.

While the film industry comes under constant scrutiny for the choice and decisions of the films they make, "The Hotel Rwanda" serves as a haunting reminder of the genocide that went barely undetected. Where is Rwanda today? Nobody seems to ask, care or know. I urge viewers to see "The Hotel Rwanda". It is that good, and more.

A well done movie that gives you a snapshot of events in Rwanda during the genocide that occurred there. Not fun to watch and will probably leave you depressed and angry. It was necessary to make this movie so the world does not forget and I encourage you to watch.

One line sums up the attitue of the world leaders and UN at the time..."I think if people see this footage, they'll say Oh, my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners." Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.

That this movie did not garner even more attention than it did is a shame. This movie is the story of a hotel manager who uses his resources to protect a group of people who are being oppressed (slaughtered) during civil strife in Rwanda.

To me, there were three groups that made me ashamed to be human as I watched this. The Belgians, who at one point occupied Rwanda, separated the people not based on culture or religion, but on physical appearance. The attractive people were given power when the Belgians withdrew, causing disorder, hatred, and prejudice that was not previously there. The group of rebels, angry about being under the power of their more attractive countrymen, went on a rampage and slaughtered nearly a million innocent people, showing complete disregard for human rights. And lastly, the UN did not help the locals, but instead freed foreign dignitaries, leaving the Rwandans to fix their own problems.

I was appalled once again at how inhumane we are as a race. Humanity, when left to govern itself, often winds up collapsing, as it did in this situation. Having seen the movie, I almost wished the story was a product of someone's imagination. Unfortunately it actually did happen, and continues to take place around the world. We need to help each other out!

Acting was top-notch in this movie, with Don Cheadle doing a masterful job as lead actor. The re-enactment of what actually happened was very realistic, and made me feel as though I was watching not an artificial production, but the real thing. Kudos to all involved in this film.

If you have not seen it, you must watch it. We cannot continue to live our lives unaware of the suffering that goes on around us. I believe as human beings, it is our responsibility to assist one another whenever it is possible. And when is it not possible?

The movie Hotel Rwanda was wonderful. The story tugged at the heart of the viewer and really brought one to realize the significance behind being involved in the world.

An inspiring story of a brave, resourceful, and compassionate man who saves the lives of hundreds of people from evil, genocidal militants. Don Cheadle is fantastic in the lead role. It's a reminder of the cowardice demonstrated by the Clinton administration and every major European country to which his administration kowtowed in its utter failure to stop the genocide.

About half way through this film hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (a Hutu) and his family are hiding on the roof of the hotel, and his wife Tatiana (a Tutsi) turns to him and says, "Paul, you are a good man." That, and not so much the genocide of nearly a million Rwandans, is the theme of this award-winning film--how one person's bravery, cunning, diplomacy, deceit, bribery and wits saved over a thousand people, many of them Tutsi refugees that the Hutu extremists sought to exterminate. For a longer look at the actual genocide read We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch. For provocation and inspiration based upon a true story, watch this film.

This was a very disturbing movie that stays with you for a long time. As always, Don Cheadle gave a moving appearance. It was very disturbing (and still is) that not is being done in that part of the world. A must see.

you need to see this no matter what creed or ethnic background....a depiction of a "killing field"

This is one of the best movies in the world. Anyone who can watch this and not be affected is in need of serious help. This is one to add to the collection. Warning there is some very graphic violence.

I am not going to summarize the plot because many reviewers have done that already. I was touched by the story and the courage of Paul Rusesabagina.

In college I remember watching movies about South Africa including Cry Freedom and A Dry White season. Although I am not as familiar with Eucyn Palsy's work, I know from reading and hearing him speak that Sir Richard Attenbourough conceived Cry Freedom as an indictment of South African Apertheid and his target was white Western audiences who were unaware of what was happening. Sir Richard Attenborough's film was designed to spur the west into action and was both moving and original. The most chilling and powerful moments of the film was at the the end of the movie; he had a recording of Black South Africans singing about freedom while scrolling a list of all the people tortured and murdered by the South African police. As a filmmaker he hit you hardest at that moment with music and facts, no actors, dialogue or special effects; proof of his brilliance.

The problem is all the movies that followed about similar topics seem to stick with telling stories of African struggles from White African perspectives only. Hotel Rwanda shifts the focus and this adds a fresh perspective.

The main thing that makes Hotel Rwanda stand out for me is that this is the only film I have ever seen about African genocide, injustice or civil rights that focuses on Africans. In most movies the African people depicted are not shown as complex, intelligent and capable people.

Rwandans are the focus of the story they are the emotional center of this movie and portrayed as complex human beings. Paul Rusesabagina is shown as an intelligent resourceful kind and compassionate person who acts to save people during the Rwandan genocide.

This movie takes a hard look at what happened. It does not reduce Africans to caricatures or fall into the trap of portraying Africans as only noble and positive or gloss over evil of any one race or group. It portrays American and Western indifference openly and illustrates how inaction perpetuates and sometimes fuels evil. The movie also connects ethnic conflict with Africa's Colonial past and European economic interests. Most importantly it shows how the Rwandans had to find a way to survive when the west abandoned them; when no one came to their rescue they had to save themselves.

I think this was such an important film well worth owning on DVD; the horror of genocide is accurately depicted without a lot of gory violence so I think it could be shown to mature teens possibly tweens.

Hotel Rwanda takes place during the Rwandan Genocide that occurred in 1994 between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic groups. The genocide is believed to have left behind 500,000 - 1,000,000 dead and many more raped and mutilated.

This is the story of how a hotel manager, initially concerned about his friends and family, ended up saving over 1,000 Tutsis from certain death. He used his skills and connections to bribe and intimidate those in power to keep from attacking his hotel.

This movie is gripping through and through. It is a just a glimpse of the violence that has occurred throughout Africa. It also is a good indicator of the ineffectiveness of the U.N. and the apathy of the Western World. The movie starts out with a radio announcement of the Bosnia conflicts and how NATO stepped in. This shows where the West's concern lies, if it is in their backyard an atrocity must be dealt with. If it is in Africa it can be ignored.

Other things mentioned in this film shed light on the events of the 90's. When Clinton evacuated the U.S. forces out of Somalia he sent the African warlords a message; that if you bloody our noses we will cut and run. Since then, whenever a U.N. or western force has tried to intercede in the region they try to bloody their noses so they will leave.

People talk about all the bad things that occur in their countries and how it will reflect in the future. Africa, and the West's apathy towards it, will haunt our souls for generations to come. What occurs there on a daily basis with no end in sight is a tragedy. French, Dutch, and Belgian colonialism have left a system of corruption and hatred. It is up to the whole world to try to undo what they have done.

Hotel Rwanda is one of the greatest and most touching films in recent years. It's a fantastic potrayal of the brutal ethnic cleansing that took place in Rwanda in 1994 that unfortunately never got the attention from international medias as it should have had. With this film, there is finally someone who shed some light over something that many people didn't know/care about and few have got the chance to hear about either. With this film, the truth about what actually happened in the small African Republic of Rwanda is portraited, and all in a very realistic way that touches the watcher very emotionally.

Before starting, let me just explain the history that led to this horrific event. During the colonialism, it was first a German colony and later a Belgian. There were two main ethnical groups in Rwanda, Hutu's and Tutsi's. The Hutu's were in large majority but the Europeans let the Tutsi's become the rulers cause they were taller, had smaller noses and lighter skin. For decades later, the Tutsi's would be in charge as an overclass. Things changed though when Rwanda became independent and Hutu's slowly started to demand equal rights. In 1961 the Tutsi king was overthrown by Hutu's and ever since that day, Hutu would be the new leading group in the country. Many Tutsi's were exiled and Tutsi were now second class citizens of a Hutu leading majority. But they would come back 30 years later in 1990 and they formed a rebel group called Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF). They invaded the country in order to pressure the goverment to strip their second class status, the Hutu goverment thought their attemps was to restore lost hegemonies and enslave the Hutu population like in the past and the ethnic tentions would grow stronger then even before. A few years later, the Hutu president Juvénal Habyarimana was killed when his airplane was shot down. The Hutu's reacted as this was a sign of war from the Tutsi rebels and responded with one of the worst ethnic cleansings in modern history, which sadly would be overlooked by the Western powers.

This film which is also based on a true story captures exactly what the western news stations and UN armies didn't and wouldn't do. Don Cheadle plays (Paul Rusesabagina) the Hutu hotel manager that lives a normal life with his Tutsi wife Titiana (Sophie Okonedo) til the slaughtering takes place. Working at the hotel he interacts with all kinds of diffrent people, European, Americans, Africans you name it, and it's difficult for Paul to imagine that when war breakes out international people escapes the country quick and few wants to help out. Nick Nolte (Colonel Oliver) and Joaquin Phoenix (Jack, the reporter) plays significant minor roles as men that both are based in the country but with limited resources to help. Paul shortly realize that he must do something by himself to save himself and others. He will help people no matter their ethnicy and shelter them at the hotel, bride generals and ty to find provisions and a way to escape from the hell that his country has became. Don Cheadle plays the role of his life and is truly fantastic as Paul. "Hotel Rwanda" is also realistic, interesting and touching. It's a somber film to watch based on all that happens but it's good that someone finally shed some light over this horrific event. "Hotel Rwanda" is a truly original film that you will recall for a very long time forward at the same time as your knowledge of the situation in Rwanda 1994 will be much clearer. See it now! It's worth the time.

As a political/histories student that has studied the Rwandan genocide in some detail, let me start by just saying that I was impressed by the relatively historically accurate depictions of the various parties to the genocide(French, Belgian, U.S., U.N., Interahamwe, Tutsi positions) and the chronoglical events that take place during the movie itself. Nick Nolte's portrayal of the U.N. Colonel shackled by bureaucracy and politics (instigated by the Belgians who were among the few willing to join a U.N. mission but had 10 peacekeepers murderered in the initial days of the genocide and others and withdrew support due to domestic public opinion) is strikingly realistic and appears to draw obvious connections to the actions of Romeo Dallaire who held a similar post during the U.N.'s limited mandate in Rwanda as the events began to unfold.

Unlike many contemporary movies which draw upon the label "based on a true story" and feature many embellishments, the movie remains remarkably free from dramatic flourishes or moral sermonising.

As a person , I found it difficult not to be moved by the vivid portrayal of the horrors that became known as among the worst atrocities in human history; 1 million killed in less than 3 months - a faster rate of killing and death than the Holocaust. An indictment of human indifference to the plight of others, the movie stands as a testament to not just the human suffering that continues to draw its historical roots from European colonialism (German and Belgian in this instance) but also to the remarkable stories of survival which emerged subsequent to the killings.

Don Cheadle is unforgettable as the hotel manager who has the genocide brought into his home, work and family and chooses to respond to the plight of others around him (Hutu and Tutsi alike); risking everything to protect the powerless and voiceless. The soundtrack is equally brilliant; incorporating African influences and intermeshing perfectly into the various scenes (Million Voices).

Truly memorable and touching, Hotel Rwanda provides an insight into the traditional and contemporary attitude of the West towards Africans. This is perfectly captured in two particular statements: one by Jack (Joaquin Phoenix) and the other by Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte). It also triumphs the role of the individual; the actions of even one man can help to change the world around him.

Never Again.

Don Cheadle portrayed an excellent role in this eye-opener, thrilling and true story drama. It was full of adventure, suspense,drama and a lot of action.

While I found the book "An Ordinary Man" somewhat boring and slow, the movie adaptation is, for lack of a better word, extraordinary. Don Cheadle gives an astounding performance as Paul Rusesabagina, who is the manager of the Mille Collines hotel. During the Rwandan genocide in the 90s, Rusesabagina provides shelter in the Mille Collines for hundreds of refugees. Like others have noted, one of the best aspects of this film is that it ends with hope, unlike other depressing true stories of genocide. No one can afford to miss this film.

That is what Hotel Rwanda is all about, BUT more importantly it ends with hope, hope that this will never happen again. Don Cheadle gives a performance of a lifetime in this movie. I say that a really good movie can make you tear up, and I was tearing up during this movie.

Terry George has directed a fabulous film. Everything is woven together wonderfully. This movie never turns to melodrama and has a documentary type feel to it. Like United 93(another great movie)it draws you in and you know what is going to happen, but when it does you still find yourself in tears. That is what great movies do.

The sadness for me is that this is not a fake, it is not fiction. This really happened. The movie is amazing, BUT it also gives you a sense of anger at the US and all the big powers, I love the line Nick Nolte uses after he finds out they are only evacuating the whites. Watch this film, it will give you a much better understanding of what happened in 1994...

This is a great movie, there is no doubt about it. Don Cheadle turns out his best performance ever and its great to see that a lot of research obviously went into this film from the actors, the writers and the director.
The movie stays very true to detail, and it is so inspiring to witness the courage of one man, who is almost like a modern day jesus christ. This will definitely leave an effect on everyone who watches it and make you appreciate everything you have in your life.
The special features are very good too, featuring a 30min documentary of the making of the movie which is entertaining and informative and the commentary is very interesting indeed.
I strongly recomend this movie to not only fans of war and history movies but to anyone who likes a good drama.
Another highlight is the performance of sophie onokedo, who is actually British, but is exceptional as the female lead, the wife of the hotel manager.
Buy this movie even if you haven't already seen it, you won't regret it...