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A United Kingdom

2016

Amma Asante

David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael ...

5.9

1,354

Drama. Romance Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A rousing love story and a triumphant call to justice"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Overly simplistic (...) the mixed-race marriage between Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams was full of complication and nuance, though you wouldn’t know it from (...)'A United Kingdom' which treats their love story like a Disney princess movie"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A rich, stirring look at one of modern society’s most enduring — and yes, inspirational — marriages (...) A United Kingdom” opts for genuine, hard-won feeling"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"The movie as a whole is distinctly crowd-pleasing (...) But the beats are too predictable — and even though the film tells a story we may not have known until now, the storytelling is too familiar"	NEU
United States	Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"It is one of those films which are more beguiling to ponder in retrospect, perhaps, than to watch at the time."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"With terrific warmth and idealism – and irresistible storytelling relish – director Amma Asante gives us a romantic true story (...) She even revives the spirit and showmanship of Richard Attenborough (...) Rating : ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"A workmanlike and sometimes clumsy screenplay is not enough to extinguish the spark from this real-life fairytale romance, which delivers both a heartfelt emotional story"	POS

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