Queen & Slim

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Summary: A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Melina Matsoukas

Writers: Lena Waithe

, James Frey

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: G

Production: Makeready, De La Revolución Films, Hillman Grad, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Entertainment One

Distributor: HBO Max, Peacock

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 43,808,310

International: $ 4,025,815

Box office:

Budget:$18MDomestic:$43.8MInternational:$4MWorldwide:$47.8M

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 9% higher than the critics.

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22% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

67% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

Black55.56%White33.33%Latino5.56%Mixed / Other5.56%

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BechdeltestTalk about a man

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Message3/5
Role model3/5
Violence4/5
Sex4/5
Language5/5
Consumerism1/5
Drugs3/5

This film gets a 0.50/5 family friendly score

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accusation of stealing a ring aerial camera shot african american aiding a fugitive aiding and abetting airplane armed and dangerous arrest attorney auto mechanic auto shop automatic rifle awkward date bald headed man bar bare breasts bare butt basketball bathroom bearded man bed beer belief black american black boy black cop blood blues band body search bounty bourbon boy boy shoots a policeman bravery british actor playing american character broken shoulder brother brother relationship cafe car breakdown car key car registration car runs out of gas cd ceiling fan cell phone cemetery character appears in newspaper clenched fist cleveland ohio climbing over a fence coffin cold weather cop killer cop lets criminal get away covering the face of a dead man criminal criminal defense attorney cross crying woman cuba dancer dancing dashcam footage dating dead body defense attorney destiny detour dialogue during opening credits diner disbelief in god dislocated shoulder drink drinking dysfunctional family eating eating in the back of a pickup truck electric razor executive decision f rated family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship fear feature film directorial debut female attorney female bartender female female embrace female lawyer female nudity female tv reporter field worker fight filling station first aid kit first date flagging down a car flash camera flashlight florida flower covered coffin food fugitive funeral garage garage door gas can gas station gas station robbery georgia usa glock glove compartment grandmother grandson relationship gravestone guitar player gun handshake harmonica player hearse hiding hiding in plain sight hiding under a bed hiding under the floor hit by a truck holding hands honda accord horse horse riding hospital hot wiring a car house trailer hunger husband wife relationship immortality injured woman iraq war veteran journey jumping out a window kentucky kidnapping kidnapping a sheriff kiss knee injury knocking on a door leg bandage leg injury legacy license to kill lie listening to a car radio listening to music looking at oneself in a mirror looking out a window love luck male nudity man and woman share a bed man carries a dead woman in his arms man grabs woman's butt man in a car trunk man shoots a man man shoots a woman man slaps a woman man undresses a woman manhunt martyrdom megaphone miami florida mirror money morgue mother daughter relationship mother son relationship mother's grave mural murder of a police officer murder of mother mustached man n word nervousness new orleans louisiana newspaper newspaper headline nickname nickname in title nudity off duty sheriff ohio on the road on the run overhead camera shot overheating car pacing photographer pickup truck pickup truck on fire pickup truck set on fire pointing a gun at someone police car police officer police raid police shooting police siren policeman pontiac catalina pool table posing for a photograph praying pride prologue protest pulled over by the police pushing a car racist cop radio news reference to assata shakur reference to bonnie and clyde reference to luther vandross reference to the black panthers revenge right to change one's mind right to choose riot riot police road movie road trip running running from police running man running woman saying grace scantily clad woman screaming woman screwdriver sex in a car sex scene shaving someone's head sheriff shoebox shoes shooting shooting a police officer shot by police shot in the chest shot in the face shot in the head shot in the leg shot point blank shot to death shoulder injury singing in a car skateboard skateboarding sleeping in a car sleeplessness smoking marijuana sororicide station wagon stealing a car stealing a pickup truck stolen car storytelling subjective camera surveillance camera swat team tarmac tattooed man tear gas teenage boy teenage boy with long hair telephone telephone call theft throwing away a cell phone tinder date title directed by female title written by female touching a gravestone tragic event tragic romance trigger happy trust tv news uncle niece embrace uncle niece relationship violence waitress wanted for murder watching a video on a cell phone watching tv white honda accord wing woman dresses woman rests her head on a man's shoulder woman undresses a man yellow caution tape

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Message 3/5	Love is courageously embraced in the darkest of circumstances. With compassion and teamwork, communities, family members, and a married couple help a young couple in their pursuit of refuge. Communities across the country unify in their support of a couple. Also includes message that just because someone is the same ethnicity/color as you, that doesn't necessarily mean that they think like you or will genuinely advocate for you.
Role model 3/5	A couple chooses love despite their fears. Another couple shows courage, compassion, empathy by taking a risk, opening their home to others in trouble. A mechanic extends compassion by quickly fixing a distressed couple's car. An uncle shows courage and teamwork by giving his niece refuge. A father shows unconditional love by not endangering his son. In context of representation of marginalized voices, "call girls" are presented as having good hearts and compassion in their gentle treatment of Queen and Slim. A woman forgives her uncle for murdering her mother. A Black man and Black woman advocate for each other on the deepest level, which is a positive counter-stereotype.
Violence 4/5	Many graphically violent scenes: A cop shoots an unarmed character in the leg, a character shoots a cop in self-defense, a kid kills a police officer, officers kill an armed kid, cops use gun force and take lives. Lots of blood and a death scene.
Sex 4/5	Graphic sex scene between two consenting adults includes nudity (breasts, buttocks). Kissing. Women dressed in very revealing/suggestive clothing.
Language 5/5	Extreme, constant swearing includes "f--k," "bitch," "hos," "ass," the "N" word, "cop killers," and "motherf----rs."
Consumerism 1/5	Queen and Slim use a very expensive car that belongs to Queen's uncle.
Drugs 3/5	Adult drinking in a night club/bar scene. Characters smoke marijuana in one scene, and there's a little cigarette smoking by adults.

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