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2024
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3.5
Such are the nuances left on the cutting room floor of a movie that feels perfunctory and starchily instructional when it should be a stirring monumen ..
3.0
Shirley is a relatively straightforward biopic, but its worth the watch to see Regina Kings beautiful performance that feels like an ode to the trailb ..
Collider
3.0
Regina King delivers another phenomenal performance in Netflixs Shirley, a rousing biopic of the groundbreaking politician that feels somewhat safe.
Screen Rant
3.0
Instead, shes the subject of this pragmatic and slightly skeptical docudrama about the reality, shortcomings, and outright failings of a system that d ..
Mark Reviews Movies
4.5
Thats not to say Shirley isnt a good film as it certainly is, a strong historical lesson about a true path forger.
3.5
King imbues Chisholm with a formidable dignity that teeters around some unwieldy declarations.
The Guardian
0.0
Shirley plays like a filmstrip my grammar school teachers would have shown during Black History Month.
Boston Globe
0.0
Ridley, who wrote and directed it, doesnt go in for jittery existential media fireworks.
Variety
3.0
Regina Kings performance aside, this subject matter is deserving of a more skilled and comprehensive approach.
You Tube
3.5
Like too much of Shirley, theres no thunder or lightning, just a quiet rain.
Punch Drunk Critics
4.5
None were more determined and confident of their place at the table than Chisholm, but it was brutal, and we see the backstabbing along the way, the h ..
Dead Line
0.0
Its in the Voice It doesnt help matters that Ms. Kings physical rendering of Chisholm is less than authentic.
Theepoch Times
0.0
Still, Shirley is history and if youre an American history aficionado, you will not be bored by it.
Datebook Sfchronicle
3.5
Rather, Ridley cant figure out which details to prioritize over others.
Film Festival Today
3.5
The accent, courage and determination are all in Kings bravura performance.
Dwight Brown Ink
3.0
In Shirley, there is one thing of which the audience can be sure; Regina King is going to elevate a moderately rote and intermittently contrived biopi ..
In Session Film
3.0
Heres the best component of Shirley Regina King, who portrays Shirley Chisholm. Hands down, she embodies her actions, timing, & subtle nuances; think ..
Sarahs Back Stage Pass
3.0
This faith based film concentrates less on faith than as it does on Mother Cabrinis unshakable determination.
KKFI-FM (Kansas City)
0.0
John Ridley is missing the gravitas that this story needs. You can sense Regina King giving everything she can in an impassioned performance, but she ..
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