SummaryThe Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the epic journey of General Nanisca (Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of... Read More
Directed By:Gina Prince-Bythewood
Written By:Dana Stevens, Maria Bello
The Woman King
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
91% Positive
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Oct 19, 2022
100
The Woman King is unafraid to sprawl out and dig in as it explore histories untold, while delicious action sequences of near-exclusively hand-to-hand combat unfurl in front of us. It is a celebration of a filmmaker and a cast at the peak of their powers.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
29% Positive
147 Ratings
147 Ratings
7% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
64% Negative
330 Ratings
330 Ratings
Mar 23, 2023
10
Love racists trolls out on meta critic to defend slavery. This movie is beautiful cinema take on a difficult subject.
Sep 16, 2022
80
The Woman King overcomes the perils of its overstuffed script with a collection of performances that elevate the whole. As expected, Viola Davis is the emotional center of the piece, masterfully fine-tuning her performance to go from fierce to vulnerable as needed.
Sep 22, 2022
75
Unfortunately the screenplay, by Dana Stevens, relies on crowd-pleasing story beats and injects a groan-worthy romantic subplot; the movie yearns a bit too much to be a hit. At least director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, Beyond the Lights, The Old Guard) brings a lively musicality to the sequences depicting Dahomey cultural rituals, as well as a clean ferocity to the many (and gruesome) battle sequences.
Sep 12, 2022
75
Sure, it’s overly simplistic and not altogether historically accurate but if anyone is looking for a well-made, action-fueled popcorn movie, “The Woman King” sure beats a Wikipedia page every day of the week.
Sep 15, 2022
70
The sense of sisterly solidarity that powers The Woman King is the movie’s raison d’être; it’s also part of Prince-Bythewood’s authorial signature.
Sep 10, 2022
40
An action-drama sourced from history (while riffing considerably on that history), The Woman King is a sturdy testament to how renewed a staid form can feel when it’s stretched to include different narratives.
Feb 16, 2023
10
Historical, not perfect but really good. The perfect director, exceptional cast! Good story line. Bravo!!!!
Jun 14, 2024
6
Historically inaccurate. There's no getting around that and they absolutely shouldn't have said it was for the sake of virtue signalling. There are plenty of historian youtubers who debunk the claims the film makes and clearly did more research than the films own historians did. If you ignore this then it's a pretty good action drama film. Viola Davies is a great actress and it's refreshing to see her play a role where she can show more emotion.
Oct 22, 2022
6
Should have called it a fantasy movie with zero ties to history. The tribe where of the most brutal slave trader that would invade, steal and kidnap people to sold in the slave market. Changing them to heros is hard to swallow.
Nov 29, 2022
3
bad
[ bad ] adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
bad
[ bad ] adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
Oct 1, 2022
3
Entertaining enough for modern cinematography. Doesn't really help the case that much, when It's apparent that they're glorifying one of the worst slave traders in all of Africa. And trying to change that fact, and shifting it one to parties, not at fault, is nothing short of vile and disgusting. Is this really a story you guys wanted to portray? Out of all the rich content, Africa could provide?
Production Company:
- TriStar Pictures
- Eone Entertainment
- TSG Entertainment
- Welle Entertainment
- Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
- Investment Incentives for the Irish Film Industry Provided by the Government of Ireland
- Jack Blue Productions
- JuVee Productions
- The Refinery
Release Date:Sep 16, 2022
Duration:2 h 15 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Inspired by true events.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards
• 6 Wins & 14 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations
