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Shake Hands With the Devil Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    57

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Filmed in Rwanda, Shake Hands With the Devil is certainly panoramic. But the best that can be said of the film is that it is an honorable dud.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Scott Foundas

    Spottiswoode's lackluster film fails to offer any fresh perspective on these now well-known events.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    A quietly powerful, incisive portrait of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallarme (Roy Dupuis), who was sent to Rwanda in 1993 on a peacekeeping mission as the ruling Hutu attacked the rebel Tutsi, yet he was hobbled by the U.N. leadership and faced with the indifference of the world's superpowers.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice Ernest Hardy

    Though the film, based on Dallaire's memoir, can veer toward deification of the general, it's hugely effective.

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