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Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe

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The true story of young Ugandan girl Phiona Mutesi who – on being introduced to the game – went on to become an international chess...

CertificatePG

Duration124 mins

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  • Rezwan, 11
  • 1 reviews

Kat-way, not Kat-wee

4 stars

15 Dec 2017

Queen Of Katwe is a great film based on film called Phiona and she is a world chest champion. She lived in Uganda in Kampala. Phiona lives in a slum which means that she is really poor and she has to get food for the family. The story is about a girl and her brother call Bryan become a world chest champion. Hope you enjoy it.

Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga)

Robert Katende(David Oyelwo)

Nakku Harret(Lupta Nyong’o)

Mugabi Brian (Martin kabanza)

Night (as Taryan”kay”kayze)

Young Richard (Ivan Yacob)

Older Richard (niclos levesque)

Queen of Katwe is a great film about a girl called Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) and a Mugabi Brian (Martin Kabanza) which becomes world chest champion. The story is about a girl who lives in a slum. Then Robert Katende (David Oyelwo) said you should come to the chest tournament. Then Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) went and she won the tournament in first year and then she won for the next few years. After that she went to school and she learned lothes of stuff and she stayed with the boss of the chest. At the end of the film she went back to her mother and she lived in a new house.

I liked this film because it was good to watch because it teaches that poor people could do the same as rich people and they could win anything they want and I found it intresting to watch and really interesting to see like to watch.

I liked the film because I liked how they made chest and I liked that it was based on true story and the exciting parts made me feel comfy because I liked it intrested me. I will give this nine out of ten.

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