And while the film mostly follows the usual feel good beats, and feels overlong at over two hours especially for the family audiences that its clearly targeted towards, for the most part it works for what it is.ĭirector Mira Nair does a fine job of staging her retelling of this true story, and the film does deliver its share of genuinely uplifting and inspiring scenes, with an emotionally connecting hook. The second place runner-up for the People’s Choice award at TIFF where it premiered two weeks ago, Queen of Katwe is made to be a crowdpleaser, no doubt about it. When Phiona is taken under the wing of kind coach Robert Ketende (David Oyelowo), he helps her foster the innate talent she has for chess to become a world champion. Produced by Disney under their based on a true story banner, Queen of Katwe follows Phiona Mutesi (Madine Nalwanga), a girl living in the slums of Uganda with her mother (Lupita Nyong’o) and siblings.
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