The Kitchen

Name: The Kitchen
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: January 19, 2024
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Dani Moseley, Demmy Ladipo, Fiona Marr, Harvey Quinn, Henry Lawfull

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 19, 2024 | R

Starring: Dani Moseley, Demmy Ladipo, Fiona Marr, Harvey Quinn, Henry Lawfull, Hope Ikpoku Jnr, Kano, Lola-Rose Maxwell, Rasaq Kukoyi, Richie Lawrie

Summary: In a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains. A community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. This is where we meet a solitary Izi, living here by necessity and desperately trying to find a way out, and aIn a dystopian London, the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and only The Kitchen remains. A community that refuses to move out of the place they call home. This is where we meet a solitary Izi, living here by necessity and desperately trying to find a way out, and a 12-year-old Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family. We follow our unlikely pair as they struggle to forge a relationship in a system that is stacked against them.… Expand

Director: Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 18, 2024

The direction, by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, is sure and unfussy, spinning a warmly humane story of cross-generational connection. Read full review

Rogan Graham

Jan 19, 2024

Kaluuya and Tavares are bold in presenting gentrification as the cultural murder that it is while also celebrating, with clear eyes, the regular person who lives on in spite of it. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Jan 18, 2024

Flawed but still engaging, “The Kitchen,” at least, has good intentions about togetherness and brotherhood and is a promising debut for Kaluuya and Tavares. Read full review

Matt Donato

Jan 18, 2024

Kaluuya and co-writer Joe Murtagh preach a message from the heart, but the inner workings of The Kitchen ring more hollow than the remarkable visuals suggest. Read full review

Charlotte Simmons

Jan 22, 2024

More a sacrifice bunt than a homerun, 'The Kitchen' is a commendable, if tame, addition to the dystopian sci-fi library that gets by on pure heart. Read full review

Screen Rant Nadir Samara

Jan 19, 2024

Ultimately, The Kitchen is a film with its heart set on two stories and only succeeds in telling one. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 19, 2024

Kaluuya co-wrote and co-directed the film, which may have nothing to do with its distracted focus and murky messaging. Or that may explain the movie’s failings entirely. Whatever the cause, it makes for a somewhat immersive mixed-bag of a movie, which puts a damper on any temptation to use “promising first film” in describing it. Read full review

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