A warrior becomes a legend.
| Cast |
Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega |
| Director |
Gina Prince-Bythewood |
| Screenplay | Dana Stevens, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Maria Bello |
| Music | Terence Blanchard, Lebo M. |
| Cinematography | Polly Morgan |
| Editing | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
| Made in | 2022 |
| Produced by | Entertainment One, Jack Blue Productions, JuVee Productions, TriStar Productions, Welle Entertainment |
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| Genre | Action, drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None (sic) |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of sexual violence. |
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| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some disturbing material, thematic content, brief language and partial nudity. |
| Runtime | 126 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 15 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 45 critics | 15 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 178 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  All hail Viola Davis! The Woman King rules. | 19 | |
| CommonSenseMedia andie Angulo Chen Memorable, historic, violent tale of African women warriors. | 15 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy The Woman King proves that a history lesson -- at least for yours truly -- can be an informative and entertaining experience that works on multiple levels. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 271 users | 5 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 2500+ users | 20 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 20 | |
| IMDB 11862 Netizens | 12 |  |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
Average .. 74% | 15 | |