Queen & Slim

A thoroughly moral tale told with great flair.

Effortlessly charismatic and oozing chemistry, this is a duo to die for.

Sometimes Queen & Slim is too stylish for its own good and a few detours drag. But how can you find fault with a movie that combines the intelligence of Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th with the madcap energy of True Romance?

Simultaneously beautiful and troubling.

Their characters are only loosely sketched, which suits both Kaluuya's watchful, reticent performance - reminiscent of his star-making work in Get Out - and Turner-Smith's lack of experience.

The film just doesn't work, but we'll be intrigued to see what Matsoukas does next.

Righteous anger surges through this urgently timely film for the era of Black Lives Matter.

Even when the picture becomes hard to watch, it's still impossible to look away.

Although the film's aspirations exceed its grasp by being about romance, social issues, action, and drama, Queen & Slim still enthralls and compels in ways that transcend its genre tropes.

Lena Waithe ("Master of None") sends Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie-Turner Smith on the lam after killing a police officer in self-defense during a racially charged traffic stop.