The Woman King

critic Reviews

, 94% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • All hail Viola Davis! The Woman King rules.
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    The dialogue is generic -- the formal kind constructed to suit all periods -- but the actors give it all the authenticity it needs, clearly delighted by the ebullience of their characters.
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    Jordan HoffmanAV Club
    It is a film designed to inspire audiences and elicit cheers and, by and large, it succeeds.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    Thankfully, all flimsiness in the screenplay is overcome by the director, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and her committed cast, who transform a familiar dramatic milieu (Mulan meets Gladiator meets Wonder Woman) into thrilling, amphetamine-rush cinema.
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    Charlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
    Yes, the Woman King could be filed under wish-fulfilment, but that’s true of so many action classics.
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    Rogan GrahamLittle White Lies
    A great time at the movies. A rare cinematic event.
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    Donald ClarkeIrish Times
    The end result is a novel, representation-stretching enterprise that, paradoxically, plays like the “sort of film they don’t make any more”.
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    Whang Yee LingThe Straits Times (Singapore)
    The movie fails to fulfil its potential except as a military action epic.
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    Steve CrumCrum on Showbiz
    A dazzler from Terence Blanchard’s symphonic score to Polly Morgan’s eye pleasing cinematography. Acting is A-1, particularly by Davis and Mbedu. 

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    James KendrickQ Network Film Desk
    Viola Davis is a force unleashed, heading up a full-blooded tale of conflict set against the backdrop of the slave trade that offers both a twist on the traditional male-dominated warrior-epic and a look at a part of history Hollywood typically ignores
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    Amber WilkinsonEye for Film
    Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention
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