All in all a very warm, watchable film.I was invited to the #QueenofKatweEvent by Disney.
I found the end credits rather moving, where the real characters pose with the actors who played them on screen. The performances are uniformly good, especially given that most of them are child actors (Mira Nair's first film was Salaam Bombay and she is pretty good at handling children). She's the pawn who turns into a queen, as sometimes happens in chess. Otherwise Queen of Kawate is a fairly predictable story of an under-privileged girl rising to success against the odds. Even Slumdog Millionaire wasn't so strong. I haven't seen a film depicting poverty in this way for a long time. The filth and squalor are in your face here, from beginning to end. Nair doesn't attempt to go easy on the slum visuals here. While Mississipi Masala centered around an upper middle class Indian-Ugandan family, Queen of Katwe is set in the slums of Uganda. Mira Nair returns to Uganda once again, three decades after she made Mississipi Masala. Reviewed by dibeyendu 9 /10 Strong depiction of urban slums It is an amazing story of real people, only lightly changed for film-making, well acted and compelling. That's why the whole thing is so satisfying. His sacrifices, his wife's sacrifices and his challenges providing for his family as he tries to help the children of Katwe is a movie unto itself. The story of Phiona's coach is as inspiring as her story. The movie doesn't settle for a trophy as the outcome, focusing on the impacts on Phiona and her family along the way. Of course, Phiona's story as a chess prodigy from the slums of Katwe, Uganda is harrowing, inspiring and insightful. The actress who portrays her depicts her strength, and also her limitations with integrity. Particularly compelling is the story of Phiona's mother who lost her husband and struggles to provide for four children by selling cooked maize in the market. Here, wonderful actors depict real people struggling with the realities of their lives: single motherhood, overcoming poverty, feeling out of place, and the challenges of playing high level chess. Queen of Katwe goes far beyond the usual cliché movie: underdog overcomes adversity to win championship. Reviewed by jonbower 9 /10 The people are the story
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