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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 23 Feb 2017

Oyelowo and Pike make for a convincing couple, even if the romance is the love-at-first-sight variety that requires a certain leap of faith…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 23 Feb 2017

A moving film about the love, courage, and perseverance of an interracial couple facing wide-ranging challenges to their marriage…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 23 Feb 2017

It makes no bones about attempting to turn a story of cross-cultural romance and international politics into a solid crowd-pleaser…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 23 Feb 2017

Cinema often shines a light on stories that might have been lost to history, and that’s certainly true of A United Kingdom…

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By Robert Horton (590) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 22 Feb 2017

Sometimes a movie can have a bland face but a fierce heart…

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By Kate Wilson (8) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Feb 2017

Pike and Oyelowo muster a chemistry that transforms the clichéd images of the pair embracing into something genuinely romantic…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 17 Feb 2017

Another, more obscure and yet equally stirring interracial romance. Pike and Oyelowo excel…

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By Alan Zilberman (171) for Washington City Paper (500) on 17 Feb 2017

A United Kingdom weaves history and character until they're one in the same, and the victories are all the more satisfying for it…

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By Jenni Miller (82) for Bust Magazine (182) on 17 Feb 2017

Oyelowo and Pike are perfect together, conveying a deep well of love buoyed by joy and fierce loyalty…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 17 Feb 2017

Amma Asante's A United Kingdom is another glorious, poignant biopic on interracial love that challenges then changes the world…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 16 Feb 2017

Thanks in large part to the genuine movie-star charisma of David Oyelowo and to the breathtakingly beautiful on-location cinematography in…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 16 Feb 2017

As its scope expands, the film peels back layers of injustice while telling a compelling, if overly simplified and rose-tinted, story in the process…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 16 Feb 2017

Although the relationship lacks a certain fire, the acting is superb…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Feb 2017

At the end of the movie, a crawl tells us of the amazing accomplishments Seretse and Ruth did in their later years…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 16 Feb 2017

Unlike “Belle,” however, in this case Asante does not allow her story to be overwhelmed by period decor and costumes…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 16 Feb 2017

The theme is nothing new, and the film has no shortage of clumsy biopic clichés, but sometimes we need to see the simplicity of humanity at…

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By Randy Cordova (352) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 16 Feb 2017

Despite all its noble qualities, the movie boasts a stiffness that keeps it from ever feeling fully alive…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 15 Feb 2017

[Amma Asante's film] contains two praise-worthy performances, in the story of an interracial romance that had major repercussions during the…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Feb 2017

It’s not a bad film, just, strangely, not a good one…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 15 Feb 2017

Although A United Kingdom has a social agenda, it is first and foremost a love story…

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