Review of A United Kingdom (2016) by Tim M — 21 Feb 2017

'A United Kingdom' is a true story about a potential king who finds his love in Great Britain, but the problem is we're the 1940s and the royalty is black and his love interest is white. This is an interesting story that is filmed beautifully, but it's so safe and plodding that it isn't fun or engaging. There are long runs of build up with resolutions that happen with that snap of a finger.

Jack Davenport plays the evil Brit and we get beat over the head that he is evil. This is all contrived and the music tells us how to behave, but there isn't passion in the film and you shouldn't be passionate about seeing it. For a movie with so much at stake you'd expect more emotion from the aggrieved. Final Score 4.1/10.