Hotel Rwanda PG-13

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
Hotel Rwanda
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 12, 2005
  • Originally Released: 2004
  • Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)

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User Ratings: 241,361
[T]his is a film of rare courage and imperishable heart.
Rolling Stone
Dec 30, 2004
Rating: 4/4 -- Like "Schindler's List," "Hotel Rwanda" shows how the madness of genocide and war converted one man's context of wealth and success from capitalism to humanitarianism. Don Cheadle honors Paul Rusesabagina by tapping his brave face and internal rage. Full Review
The Film Yap
Sep 25, 2010
Cheadle's performance is impeccable....Deeply moving...
Uncut
Apr 1, 2005
Rating: 75/100 -- The filmmakers want to respect history and not exploit it as so much slasher movie fodder. Full Review
Apollo Guide
May 6, 2007
Rating: 1.5/4 -- potentially fantastic material...unfortunately, [Terry] George's attempt is too mired in movie-of-the-week sensibilities...to do any justice to its subject matter Full Review
Cinema Writer
Aug 17, 2010
Rating: A- -- Don Cheadle gives a beautifully restrained tour de force performance as a singular voice of reason at the epicenter of writer/director Terry George's depiction of Rwanda's outbreak of genocide in 1994 when Hutu militias slaughtered one million Tutsis with Full Review
ColeSmithey.com
Apr 16, 2009
Cheadle etches a vivid character in the foreground.
Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 1, 2004

Product Description:

Don Cheadle gives a riveting performance as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a European-owned hotel in Rwanda, who created a secret refugee camp for the Tutsi people during the brutal genocide committed against them by the Hutu people in 1994. His efforts helped to save 1200 lives out of close to a million who were killed. HOTEL RWANDA shows this man's courage, while also capturing the political events that occurred between April and September '94. First, United Nations soldiers are restricted from fighting back against Hutu guerillas, even after the Rwandan president is assassinated and the country is thrown into chaos. But as the fighting worsens, all non-Rwandans including UN peacekeepers, Europeans, and Americans are evacuated. This leaves the Tutsi people defenseless against aggressive Hutus who are armed with machine guns and machetes. While working the system with strategic phone calls to powerful international contacts of the hotel, Rusesabagina also uses smart lies and power plays to hold off the Hutus. The morale among the refugees is low, but because they are protected from the inconceivable brutality happening outside the hotel's gates, they maintain a sense of hope. Powerful acting from all cast members, including throngs of children, makes this film touching and believable. Sophie Okonedo offers moving support as Rusesabagina's wife Tatiana, Nick Nolte shows knowing machismo as an American UN officer, and Joaquin Phoenix turns in a heartfelt display as a TV journalist. But it is the delicate treatment that director Terry George gives the insane, helpless situation depicted in HOTEL RWANDA which makes the film so penetrating. While the violence and gore of the genocide play a disturbing part in the film, the focus lies on the heroism of its protagonist and the strength with which he navigates under seemingly impossible odds.

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