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Dallaire's tragic story is a fascinating chapter in a sad history.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Wrenching on both personal and political levels.
75
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Other than a tortured apology from Bill Clinton for having misunderstood the gravity of the situation, there isn't a peep of remorse heard from the normally sanctimonious West. And Dellaire's final bit of self-abuse is to blame himself for his failure to shame the world to action.
80
Its title an acknowledgment of the reality of evil, Shake Hands With the Devil touches on the unanswerable hows and whys, but its ultimate subject is the terrible burden of command.
80
The complete absence of world leaders is a bewildering sign that the world still doesn't care much about small African countries with no exploitable resources to speak of, and a troubling indication that such atrocities can, and no doubt will, happen again.
75
The filmmakers follow this compassionate and articulate man as he returns to Rwanda a decade later to revisit his demons.
80
Chicago Reader by Reece Pendleton
This is a deeply engaging portrait of a remarkable man and a brutally frank indictment of the West's moral cowardice in the face of a tragedy it could have prevented.
80
The overall effect makes for a far more resonant film than that offered by concurrent narrative feature "Hotel Rwanada."
70
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
A respectful portrait of General Dallaire, now retired, who comes across as a thoughtful, resolute but profoundly shaken man, more philosopher than warrior.
100
It's an account of what helplessness does to a man whose philosophy of life has been founded on decisive action.