Storyline
While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.
Directors
Cast
Daniel Kaluuya, Benito Martinez, Gralen Bryant Banks, Thom Gossom Jr., Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Lucky Johnson, Flea, Dickson Obahor, Reynolds Washam, Andy Dylan, Gayle King, Brian Thornton, Joseph Poliquin, Soledad O'Brien, Karen Kaia Livers, Robert Walker Branchaud, Bryant Tardy, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Colby Boothman-Shepard, Sturgill Simpson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Indya Moore, Melanie Halfkenny, Bertrand E. Boyd II, Gregory Keith Granger, Andre De'Sean Shanks, Regina Swanson
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Reviews
91
Queen & Slim is an extraordinary Black Odyssey; a film whose tracks reverberate with echoes of the underground railroad.
90
IGN
Marked by a pair of powerful lead performances, Queen & Slim is a stunning feature directing debut by Melina Matsoukas.
88
Queen & Slim is convincingly and unapologetically multidimensional in its portrayal of its characters; as our perception of them shifts from one scene to the next, we realize they’re not ciphers for communities, cultures, arguments or belief systems, but individuals wrestling with who they are and how they present themselves to the world.
80
Queen & Slim tackles urgent, difficult subjects with bravery, care and adrenalised genre cool. But it triumphs because it shows you the personal toll beyond the politics. And how black lives brimming with potential can still turn on one fateful moment.
75
Matsoukas’ fast and furious filmmaking doesn’t always click, but it always crackles with purpose, refashioning the lovers-on-the-lam trope into an emotional black-lives-matter lament, and it deserves to be met on those terms.
