Judas and the Black Messiah

Jacob Richardson of Film Focus

2021-02-26

This is unmissable cinema. Run don't walk to catch this in the cinema. Read more

Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen of I'm Jeffrey Rex

2021-04-24

It is still just April, but, at the time of writing, it is easily the best film of the year in large part thanks to the memorable performances given by Kaluuya, Fishback, and Stanfield. Read more

Jeremie Sabourin of Cinema Smack

2021-02-26

Judas and the Black Messiah is excellent and an early favorite here in 2021. Its cultural significance certainly resonates today and the approach taken by Shaka King and his team is much welcome when compared to filmmakers like Spike Lee and Jordan Peele. Read more

David McGinnis of Fellowship of the Screen

2021-02-26

Kaluuya has demonstrated his range and intensity in Get Out and Widows, but this ought to launch him into the stratosphere — and onto the Oscar stage, if there is any justice.

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2021-04-21

Both of them deliver outstanding performances, and Kaluuya has already picked up the BAFTA. Kaluuya demonstrates a huge amount of energy and charisma, particularly during the delivery of his stirring speeches. But Stanfield delivers a superbly nuanced performance, and perhaps impressed me even more. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2021-03-12

With so many issues, most of them oddly self-inflicted, Judas and the Black Messiah works neither as a historical biopic nor a thriller. It doesn’t have the character depth to function as the former, and it fails as the latter because the people involved don’t slot into conventional protagonist and antagonist roles. Read more