Queen & Slim

critic Reviews

, 83% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Stylish, provocative, and powerful, Queen & Slim tells a gripping fugitive story steeped in timely, thoughtful subtext.
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    Wenlei MaNews.com.au
    Queen & Slim bowls you over with its powerful, charged story. Not one to be missed.
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    David StrattonThe Australian
    An excellent, hard-hitting new film about race relations in America today...
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    A thoroughly moral tale told with great flair.
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    Larushka Ivan-ZadehMetro Newspaper (UK)
    As this hot couple unwittingly become Black Lives Matter icons, the provocative script is increasingly peppered with implausible beats and infuriatingly dim decisions but it's worth riding those out to reach the transcendent moments between.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    Effortlessly charismatic and oozing chemistry, this is a duo to die for.
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    Mark KermodeObserver (UK)
    An intoxicatingly lawless lovers-on-the-run romance played out against the politically charged backdrop of racially divided modern America.
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    Lawrence WareThe Root
    Queen & Slim Should Have Been a Great Movie
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    Greg CarlsonVague Visages
    The desperate need to locate hope and light (and maybe even love where those things are in short supply) recommends Queen and Slim, especially at a time of frustration and division.
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    LaNeysha CampbellBut Why Tho? A Geek Community
    Queen & Slim is an instant classic that does a superb job of capturing the current Black experience that Black people can relate to while also giving the audience multifaceted representatives of Black characters.
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    Edward PorterSunday Times (UK)
    It sometimes goes over the top but there are many potent, well-staged scenes, too.
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