Release Date
November 27, 2019
Digital Date
February 18, 2020
DVD Release Date
March 3, 2020 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Melina Matsoukas
Writer
Lena Waithe, James Frey
Cast
Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith
Studio
Running Time
132 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, pervasive language, and brief drug use
What is Queen & Slim about?
From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce’s “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready’s unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Queen & Slim reminds me a lot of 2018’s Widows: released at Thanksgiving, proficiently made, yet overlooked by audiences, almost instantly forgotten. The two films are otherwise completely different, but as I sat watching this somewhat unique crime thriller, I couldn’t help but think, “It’s a real shame more people aren’t going to experience this.”
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