Review of Queen & Slim (2019) by The3Academysins — 17 Dec 2019

Queen and Slim...I kind of hated it. Kind of. There were some good elements in this movie. The acting performances were pretty great across the board. The soundtrack was also pretty good. The direction did a fantastic job of keeping a very palpable feeling of anxiety building throughout the entire film. Where Queen and Slim falls apart is the narrative. The plot makes no sense. This script would fail a Screenwriting 101 class. Without going into spoilers, there are fumbled scenes that contradict each other completely. Characters have huge conflicts of interest that are never addressed. There are so many plot developments that would just never happen, and that just occur out of the blue. Queen and Slim is emotionally powerful, but baffling in the storytelling department.

My final verdict on Queen and Slim would be: don't waste money on this in the theater. If you think the movie would be interesting for you, wait until you can find it streaming somewhere.