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One Night in Miami...

2020

Regina King

Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr., Aldis Hodge ...

6.1

2,366

Drama Celebrating Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Both entertaining and illuminating, the Amazon production draws a tacit line between a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights movement and America's current racial reckoning."
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Handsome and engaging (...) This half-century-old discussion of race, celebrity and activism in the United States often feels as if it could have taken place last week (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"King turns 'One Night in Miami' into a real movie, staging it with a flowing visual confidence and vibrant emotional flair that gives it a fly-on-the-wall authenticity."
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] hits so hard because it remains joyfully, often painfully grounded in what makes a person extraordinary, even when the world isn’t ready for them. Here’s hoping this world is ready for what King has to show it."
		Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"An instructive and absorbing watch. But as a film with the potential to do more, push further and explore (...) it feels too timid, too talky, too conceptual"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"There's enough blazing talent in the civil rights drama "One Night in Miami" to light up any screen you watch it on."
		Jonathan Romney The Guardian	"It’s an immensely watchable evocation of a moment when black America was on the verge of an upheaval that continues to resonate (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"[King] succeeds at turning a property with a number of potential wrong turns into a vibrant historical tale tackling issues and controversies that remain tragically relevant nearly 60 years later."
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"King’s debut makes attempts to widen out the stage play, but there’s no denying the fact that this is an exchange of ideas (...) or that dialogue is often pitched as monologue. What ideas, though, and what a night."
		Sara Stewart New York Post	"King makes her directorial debut with an assured, electrifying film adaptation (...) Early on it, you begin to sense King’s deep feeling for this project, the way she’s adapting and expanding the play while preserving the strength of its dialogue, which stealthily drops emotional bombs throughout (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Odie Henderson rogerebert.com	"This is a very good film, full of memorable performances and thought-provoking speeches and arguments (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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