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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 22 Sep 2016

A winning underdog pic where newcomer Madina Nalwanga shines. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Sexual Content, etc. - also Available)…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 22 Sep 2016

Entertaining and engrossing and funny and heartwarming…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 22 Sep 2016

Queen of Katwe's originality comes not in its story but in its setting, explored by Nair with her usual skill at establishing a sense of place…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 22 Sep 2016

[William] Wheeler's screenplay avoids the trappings of biography to tell a bigger story…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 22 Sep 2016

You've seen this movie so many times before...But with Nyong'o on board, director Mira Nair and screenwriter William Wheeler have found this…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for Playback:stl (411) on 22 Sep 2016

hits all the necessary beats of the inspirational sports drama and concludes with a crowning moment of awesome…

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By Roxana Hadadi (336) for Chesapeake Family Magazine (159) on 22 Sep 2016

Queen of Katwe is remarkable in its characters, narrative, and world-building, an example of unexpected storytelling that transcends its chess…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 22 Sep 2016

In the movie, Phiona can see eight moves ahead, and Queen of Katwe often feels the same: You know what's coming, but it doesn't dilute the…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Sep 2016

In Ms. Nair’s hands, Phiona’s story has a richness and unpredictability that separates it from other, superficially similar movies…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 21 Sep 2016

Nair's film, her best in a long time, is hardly the first to use a chessboard as a symbol of one life's struggles. It is, however, one of the best…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 21 Sep 2016

Just try to resist the charms of Mira Nair’s Queen of Katwe, a triumph-of-the-human-spirit movie that’s ultimately, well, triumphant…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 21 Sep 2016

It’s family entertainment in the freshest sense of the term, a biographical drama, based on a true story, that vibrates with more colors…

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By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 21 Sep 2016

This terrific film and its inspirational message have been filtered through an individualistic, American point of view, suggesting that anyone…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Sep 2016

There is no lack of Disney-fied melodrama, for sure, yet Queen fights through all that with outstanding acting, deft filmmaking choices and…

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By Matt Brennan (26) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 21 Sep 2016

The film is a mere fulfillment of familiar tropes, but it approaches sports movie's conventions with a light, funk-inflected touch…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 21 Sep 2016

An inspiring but formulaic film about triumph over adversity…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Sep 2016

Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) finally gets a movie role worthy of her status as an Oscar winner…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 21 Sep 2016

Queen Of Katwe is pretty typical Disney magic, but dynamic performances add a little more oomph to Phiona Mutesi's amazing true story…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Sep 2016

Sometimes, it’s enough to walk out of a film with your heart warmed — even if your brain’s still craving a little something more…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Sep 2016

Subtlety isn’t the strong suit of Queen of Katwe. But beneath the hackneyed aphorisms, there’s a thrilling story worthy of our attention…

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