Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 17, 2021 3/4

A welcome reminder that, even in the direst of situations and in the most impossible of times, love can indeed trump hate.

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Kip Mooney Fresh Fiction Aug 10, 2021 3/5

The film plays like every other staid British historical drama you've ever seen.

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Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Mar 4, 2021 2.5/5

A beautiful looking movie, with solid if histrionic performances that has trouble balancing the romantic and partisan aspects of this touching real life tale.

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Allen Almachar The MacGuffin Jul 11, 2020 B-

The presentation is so by the numbers, so familiar, that it reads more like a book report than an emotional cinematic experience.

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David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Jun 8, 2020

A slow-building but powerful example of history informing our current problems.

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Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review May 4, 2020

The film doesn't work until Oyelowo and Pike sell the romance, which they absolutely do.

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Katie Smith-Wong Flick Feast Nov 14, 2019 3/5

With its solid performances, Asante's direction and Hibbert's screenplay, A United Kingdom is a beautifully told love story but its melodramatic tones simplify what was a historically complex relationship.

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Leslie Combemale Cinema Siren Oct 21, 2019 A-

David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike as Seretse and Ruth ably carry the film.

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Linda and Al Lerner Movies and Shakers Sep 6, 2019

Despite the feeling that this couple feels a bit too heroic and strong enough to stand up to the Evil Empire, their love story rings true. They make an engaging couple whose faces both shine when on screen together.

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Kate Rodger Newshub (NZ) Aug 30, 2019 3/5

A rich slice of political history and a true story I wasn't familiar with...

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Tom Bond One Room With A View Mar 13, 2019 2/5

Oyelowo and Pike are superb, but everything else about this film feels desperately formulaic.

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Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net Mar 12, 2019 B

It is very predictable but I was invested enough to find it entertaining.

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Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Nov 19, 2018 4/5

Asante's film successfully balances the personal and the political...to create a very moving insight into an almost overlooked but crucial chapter that defined the recent history of two countries.

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Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Nov 1, 2018

There isn't a shred of irony here, but a sly sense of subversion as Assante places not only a little-known piece of history, but an interracial romance at that, in the bold, proud and dignified tradition British historical narratives.

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Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com Nov 1, 2018 2/5

A United Kingdom is remarkably dry and clichéd and fails to find much depth in this story that defied one kingdom and united another.

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Molly Templeton Eugene Weekly (OR) Aug 27, 2018

Oyelowo in particular is utterly at ease, a man born to leading roles.

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Anne Brodie What She Said Aug 24, 2018

The film takes a mild tone; it's predictable and fails to deliver the intensity and urgency of the situation and its far-reaching influence.

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Lapacazo Magrira Sandoval New York Amsterdam News Aug 20, 2018

This story is great filmmaking, and director Asante makes the end result look and feel effortless. Her eye for detail elevates every frame, and her gentle way with actors leaves them room to do what they do best.

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Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 3, 2018

What made Botswana a success and its next-door neighbor Zimbabwe a complete disaster? A part of the answer can be found in the new and excellent movie A United Kingdom.

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Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) Apr 10, 2018 3/5

This is rattlingly good tale well told, with the added bonus that many may not be familiar with it.

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