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53 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91ColliderChase HutchinsonColliderChase HutchinsonThe Woman King is a film that has the confidence to be completely sincere in both the sharp moments of humor and the stunning battle sequences. The way it all grapples with history is subsequently clear-eyed, making some closing statements feel especially resonant. It is a film that ensures there is no denying Prince-Bythewood's dedication as a director and visual artist who can take on any cinematic challenge with ease.
- The Woman King is more than an action movie. It’s a film that depicts a side of African history that is rarely told and an opportunity for Black people to assert their humanity and regality.
- 88RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsRogerEbert.comRobert DanielsWhen The Woman King works, it’s majestic.
- 80BBCCaryn JamesBBCCaryn JamesThe Woman King leans toward fantasy in its heroic moments, but is rooted in truth about war, brutality and freedom. It is a splashy popcorn movie with a social conscience.
- 80SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaThere are more than a few moments in The Woman King that will have you fist-pumping and grinning like a goofball, amazed at energy of it all. And all that action is often aided by raw, real emotion which is handled deftly.
- 75New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiWhat a refreshing break from what usually constitutes an epic nowadays — mixing Ant-Man and the Hulk.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe Woman King reminds us that the real history we don’t know makes for a great story, and a grand action yarn. You want to learn where all the good parts and “realistic” elements of that comic book movie “Black Panther” and its sequel came from? Gaze upon “The Woman King,” and be thrilled.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIf this is what a Hollywood-ized and -sized blockbuster looks like in 2022, bring it on. Bring them all on. They’re worth the fight.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattThe fighting, when it comes — from competing tribes, and from white colonizers steadily advancing an international slave trade — is viscerally satisfying too, even as the screenplay, by Dana Stevens (Fatherhood) and actress Maria Bello, works mostly in the broad strokes of genre storytelling.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThe Woman King is a sturdy, rousing piece of studio entertainment, that makes both the new feel old and the old feel new.