Not only does [King] don Chisholm’s clothes, adopt her hairstyle, recreate her distinctive smile, and attempt her Bajan-tinged accent, she digs at the core of who Chisholm was in that moment—principled and fearless.

| Aug 8, 2024

Shirley is a well-meaning political biopic that features a strong central performance by Regina King, but a reliance on the same formula as Netflix’s similarly safe Rustin ultimately renders it unmemorable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2024

It's an anxiety-inducing relationship drama that dives headfirst into the responsibilities and ethics of creative writing, and I can't wait to revisit it again and again.

| Jun 13, 2024

In a movie overstuffed with men, Jackson and King spark off one another, and share one of the movie’s best scenes.

| Jun 11, 2024

“Shirley” is a watchable-enough affair. But it doesn’t feel like anybody involved quite realized how sad and bittersweet a tale they were telling.

| Apr 10, 2024

If the real Mrs C, a former teacher, had worked on the screenplay she would surely have made it sharper and pithier, but the story of her tilt at the presidency decades ago is interesting, raising difficult questions

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2024

"Shirley" plays like the last episode of a four-part 온라인카지노추천 series, and a pretty good one at that.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 8, 2024

Like great political biopics of the past like Selma and Milk, Shirley is mainly about political strategy

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2024

Unlike its subject, “Shirley” is more dutiful than exceptional. Terribly respectful and equally stolid, it’s a dry history lesson energized only by King’s committed turn and some solid work from the supporting cast.

| Original Score: C | Apr 3, 2024

Regina King is masterful as Shirley. However, trying to focus on a point in time & covering many aspects requires the writing to be tight directing to be on point, & editing to be great... fell a bit short of making “Shirley” as great as the person.

| Original Score: 2.5 | Apr 3, 2024

Nonetheless, Shirley provides an entertaining enough and well-produced introduction to a preeminent historical figure.

| Apr 3, 2024

It is such a faithful and straightforward adaptation of the story, it would've been interesting if they'd found a way to make it a little more unconventional -- because she was an unconventional woman.

| Original Score: B | Apr 2, 2024

Regina King, also a producer of the film, is an inspired choice for the role, and her Shirley is made up of endless strength, kindness and courage.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 1, 2024

The script paces along briskly and John Ridley’s efficient filmmaking choices spotlight the key moments.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2024

You get the sense that you’re being presented with a fully formed person from the very first frame. The screenplay doesn’t give Chisholm much of an arc. She’s strong-willed in the first scene, and she remains just as resolute in the film’s final moments.

| Mar 31, 2024

[A] sometimes touching but fence-sitting portrayal of Chisholm... Yet, midway through Shirley, both Ridley and King seem to have finally realized their folly and, like responsible pop artists, give Chisholm flashes of integrity and complexity.

| Mar 29, 2024

With “Shirley” we’re close to almost-not-quite territory, and visually, Ridley sticks with conventional shot sequences of characters in frame, alone, either speaking or reacting. This makes fluidity and interpersonal flow pretty difficult.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 28, 2024

I appreciate what this movie is trying to be, but it never builds the same momentum as the participants in the actual event. Maybe if Regina King had directed Shirley, there would have been something more vital than what Ridley could produce.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 28, 2024

A well-made but pedestrian political docudrama.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 28, 2024

This is a decently played drama about convention-bucking black American politician Shirley Chisholm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2024