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The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
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Cast
Rupert Vansittart, Rosamund Pike, Julian Firth, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, Anastasia Hille, Jack Davenport, Anton Lesser, Abena Ayivor, Jessica Oyelowo, Nicholas Rowe, Duncan Wisbey, Charlotte Hope, Femi Ogunbanjo, James Northcote, Arnold Oceng, Theo Landey, Terry Pheto, Jack Lowden, Paul Putner, Vusi Kunene, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Zackary Momoh, Billy Boyle, Conny Stadler, Kevin Hand, Ray Burnet, Michael Howe, Donald Molosi, Merveille Lukeba, Will Featherstone, Danny Babington, Dave Perry, Craig Whittaker, Dean Roberts
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Reviews
83
Bolstered by real events and true emotion, A United Kingdom opts for genuine, hard-won feeling, and the film studiously backs off from cheesy moments or over-the-top revelations.
80
Maybe any biopic risks naïveté in suggesting the agony of postwar Africa can be soothed by a love story about a handsome prince. But this movie has candour, heartfelt self-belief, and an unfashionable conviction that love conquers all - though not immediately.
80
Though Asante is no stylist or and no very deep psychologist, she is adept at reaching an audience through direct storytelling.
75
A United Kingdom hits all of the necessary emotional notes and political intrigue of a solid historical figure drama.
70
A workmanlike and sometimes clumsy screenplay is not enough to extinguish the spark from this real-life fairytale romance, which delivers both a heartfelt emotional story and a grim lesson in 20th-century British foreign policy.
