Queen & Slim
After an intelligent, headstrong African-American lawyer (Jodie Turner-Smith) goes on her first date with a handsome, religious, black man (Daniel Kaluuya) in Cleveland and a trigger-happy cop (Sturgill Simpson) ends up accidentally killed during a routine traffic stop when he pulls over their Honda Accord for a minor traffic offense in this captivating, poignant, intense, relevant, violent, humor-punctuated, thought-provoking, unpredictable, star-dotted (Chloƫ Sevigny, Bokeem Woodbine, Benito Martinez, Flea, and Indya Moore), 132-minute romantic thriller highlighted by solid character development, the initially mismatched couple is surprised to discover that they have garnered the support from the black community when they find themselves the center of a countrywide manhunt as dangerous cop killers.
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