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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 27 Dec 2016

Asante's handsome, glossy account of the Williams-Khama alliance, masks a great deal of ugliness…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 25 Dec 2016

Essentially a two-lovers-against-the-world, the film scores for its touching performances and the balance between the romance and the volatile…

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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 23 Dec 2016

Directed by Amma Asante (who helmed Belle with a similarly sure and light touch) A United Kingdom is a powerful story told with grace, dignity…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 22 Dec 2016

Asante's biographical drama benefits greatly from the fine, measured playing of Pike, Oyelowo, Terry Pheto as his disapproving sister and others…

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By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 20 Dec 2016

Assante and Hibbert have woven a convincing narrative while Oyelowo and an ageless Pike have carried the burden of playing these extraordinary…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 16 Dec 2016

The lovers are played by David Oyelowo, whose recent roles in Selma and Queen of Katwe have established him as a major talent, and the sublime…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Dec 2016

It's a fascinating film but I couldn't help but wonder how much more potent it might have been in the hands of another director…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 05 Dec 2016

A United Kingdom has plenty of flaws, but more than makes up for them with a heart and an affection that is utterly intoxicating…

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By Alan Corr (65) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 29 Nov 2016

Worthiness doesn't get in the way of a great yarn and Asante, who shot the movie in the original locations where these events took place, tells…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 29 Nov 2016

It's serviceable. It won't be the biggest disappointment in your life. The story's too good for it to get away completely…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 27 Nov 2016

It's handsomely mounted and David Oyelowo (Martin Luther King in Selma) gives a rousing performance as the idealistic Seretse…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 27 Nov 2016

Having cut her teeth as an actor, the director draws terrific performances from her cast, who dance nimbly around some rather on-the-nose dialogue…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 25 Nov 2016

Insistent chemistry between David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike fuels a true story of passionate romance with an urgent message about love as radical…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 25 Nov 2016

This film tells an important story and tells it very well…

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By Andy Psyllides (52) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 25 Nov 2016

Accept the film on its own broad, crowd-pleasing terms and it is nigh-on impossible not to be swept up…

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By Philip Concannon (108) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 25 Nov 2016

You should probably read the book instead…

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By Andrew Collins (119) for Radio Times (2,421) on 24 Nov 2016

In bringing a little-told chapter of history to a wider audience at a time of ethnic tensions in the UK and abroad, Asante should be applauded;…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 24 Nov 2016

It's not a wonderful picture, but it is irreproachably worthy, and a little more besides…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 24 Nov 2016

[A] sentimental, well-crafted history lesson…

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By Bernard Boo (61) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 24 Nov 2016

A United Kingdom is well-intentioned, with impassioned performances from Oyelowo and Pike, but it's executed as drily and inoffensively as…

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