{"id":8091,"date":"2019-11-29T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8091"},"modified":"2019-11-29T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:33:53","slug":"review-queen-slim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8091","title":{"rendered":"Review: QUEEN & SLIM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edgy Crime Spree Thriller Tackles Weighty Matters<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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More under the hood than your typical crime\/escape road picture, \u201cQueen & Slim\u201d tackles sophisticated issues. Love him or hate him, Colin Kaepernick didn\u2019t have to kneel to remind Americans of the broken relationship between black and blue. And, within the familiar confines of the crime spree genre, director Melina Matsoukas (see Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s ground-breaking \u201cFormation\u201d music video) comments colorfully on the state of things.

\u201cQueen & Slim\u201d starts with an unassuming date. One ordinary evening, Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) gives into Slim\u2019s persistent requests and joins him for dinner. She\u2019s an outspoken public defender, whose aggressive views cause her to seek comfort in being alone. Slim\u2019s a humble guy, whose best friend is his father. He takes her to a friendly diner, and the two get to know one another. Queen\u2019s headstrong personality is a little off-putting, at first, but it\u2019s evident that the patient Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) is determined to stick it out.

On the way home from the diner, Slim\u2019s pulled over by a police officer. When the gruff officer asks him a few questions, Queen goes all lawyer on the guy. Naturally, this escalates an already tense situation, and when a misunderstanding ends in the nervous officer\u2019s accidental death, Queen and Slim go on the lam. Initially, Slim wants to call his father and turn himself in, but the world-weary Queen has other ideas.

Read the full review online and in print in the Times-Herald: https:\/\/times-herald.com\/news\/2019\/11\/queen-slim-edgy-crime-spree-thriller-tackles-weighty-matters<\/a>

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