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Based on the true story of the former king of Botswana and the British woman whose marriage in the late 1940s caused an international uproar, “A United Kingdom” is restrained to a fault. Director Amma Asante hits all the notes you’d expect in tastefully artful fashion.
Feb 10, 2017 · Well-acted, solidly crafted, and all-around worthy, A United Kingdom presents an absorbing look at a singular true-life love story. Read Critics Reviews
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- Amma Asante
- PG-13
- David Oyelowo
Full Review | May 4, 2020. 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...
Sep 10, 2016 · Film Review: ‘A United Kingdom’. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike play the mixed-race power couple whose love challenged apartheid in this overly simplistic historical romance. By Peter...
Feb 10, 2017 · A United Kingdom: Directed by Amma Asante. With David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport. The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Amma Asante
- 2017-02-10
Sep 9, 2016 · The hubbub surrounding an African prince’s marriage to an Englishwoman, just as South Africa was enacting its apartheid laws to separate blacks and whites, becomes both a rousing love story and ...
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Feb 9, 2017 · Review: ‘A United Kingdom’ With Love That Tested Racial Tolerance. Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo as a couple in a 1940s interracial romance spanning Britain and Africa, in “A United ...
