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Review: Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” a familiar underdog story in a fresh setting

Armed with platitudes galore, Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” borrows a worn-out template to tell a remarkable true story. The year is 2007 and 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) supports her family by selling maize on the streets of her Uganda slum. But a chance encounter with a missionary introduces her to chess —  a game she clearly was born to play —  and it could be her ticket out of poverty. The movie is based on a book (which was based on an ESPN magazine article) by Tim Crothers that tells an irresistible underdog tale.

 

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