#Queen of katwe bluray movie#
The film has a very real, tangible, lived-in, immersive feel toĭramatic cadence and performances take center stage, it's impossible to miss how the movie looks and progresses, howĬhess bring with them a rather dramatic increase in the stability - physically and emotionally alike - in her quality of life. The movie's performances and production design are strong, too. To distant lands but find their inner purpose and sense of worth by finding themselves along the way. Study of the human spirit and human condition by way of the characters' participation in the game, as they come to not only It's critical, obviously, but it's not the focal point. Passion and care, paying attention to the finer-point character details and making the movie about its people rather than chessĬlassic "vehicle," the thing that propels the character through her journey. Pretty basic stuff, but the filmmaking team - Director Mira Nair ( Amelia) and Screenwriter William Wheeler, basedĮPSN by Tim Crothers - has assembled it with Movie's hero rise to prominence and experience a range of emotions - curiosity, understanding of her gift, adulation of others,Ĭoming to realize that in chess she can find purpose in life and through its maneuverings and machinations see the parallels for It's comfortable and grounded, playing with a classic Queen of Katwe doesn't maneuver to make its formula new. Setbacks and experience to become a better player and, more important, a better person? ThoughĪre often met with disdain, their chess prowess lifts them well beyond Katwe and into international competition. With other, and supposedly better, players from a more sophisticated and cultured background and position in life. As she accelerates her abilities and gains confidence, she and her chess friends Robert realize her natural talent at the game. Phiona gravitates towards the game and finds herself spellbound by it, and it's not One day, Phiona meets a man named Robert Katende (David Oyelowo)Īnd teaches local youths the game of chess. (Lupita Nyong'o) who is struggling to raise her family. Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) lives a difficult life of poverty and uncertainty in the small Ugandan village of Katwe with her That it's not going anywhere anytime soon. The story of a poor Ugandan girl who matures into a chess champion, it hits allĭelivers an honest, uplifting, oftentimes moving tale of self-discovery, trust in oneself, friendship, and the power of the humanįundamentally different than Disney's other, similar films, which isn't a bad thing. The studio certainly seems toĪ science: real-life heroes brought to the big screen, their aspirations, ascensions, setbacks, and triumphs the stuff of real-įor Queen of Katwe, Disney's inspiring story of choice comes not from the field of play but rather the 64-square chessįrom the arm or the leg but rather the mind. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, January 24, 2017ĭisney never seems to struggle to find material for its true-life Inspirational films, lifting the best stories from the worlds of baseball ( more than one film actually), football, bobsledding, horse racing, hockey.the list goes on.