Queen of Katwe PG

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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 31, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2016
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 9,763
Rating: B -- Both Nyong'o and Oyelowo are fully capable of bringing the intensity and authenticity to their roles representing inspiring real-life characters, and once again show why they are two of the top actors being hired today. Full Review
Cinema Siren
Oct 21, 2019
Rating: A- -- The ending slightly fizzles, but director Mira Nair's sure, guiding hand, her excellent cast, and the power of the story itself never fails to inspire. Full Review
A Reel of One's Own
Feb 5, 2019
[T]he film’s streaks of realism -- not fantasy -- are what make it such a genuine pleasure to watch.
The Atlantic
Sep 27, 2016
3 stars out of 4 -- [T]he film -- laced with grit and grace -- hits you like a shot in the heart. Nair catches the thrum of real life without skimping on the hardships that comes with lack of food and education...
Rolling Stone
Sep 22, 2016
Ms. Nalwanga’s watchful, quiet presence conveys both shyness and determination, a habit of humility in tension with an almost superhuman intelligence.
New York Times
Sep 22, 2016
Rating: 4/5 -- Mira Nair brings her characteristic fluid flair, vibrant colour and joyous use of music to the dramatisation of the true story of Phiona Mutesi. Full Review
Dog and Wolf
Feb 19, 2019
Nalwanga is extremely effective and naturally ebullient....Phiona’s story really is inspiring.
Los Angeles Times
Sep 22, 2016

Product Description:

This biopic of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) traces her journey from the Kampala slum of Katwe, where she is forced to abandon her formal schooling at the age of nine, to the upper echelons of the chess world after she develops an interest in the game at a youth-outreach program run by Robert Katende (David Oyelowo). Lupita Nyong'o co-stars as Mutesi's mother, who worries that her daughter's dreams of becoming a chess champion are a frivolous distraction from real life. Produced as a joint venture between Disney and ESPN Films, QUEEN OF KATWE was directed by Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING), and was adapted from a nonfiction book by sportswriter Tim Crothers, who became acquainted with Mutesi's story while on assignment for ESPN.

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  • Sales Rank: 39,924
  • UPC: 786936851595
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