Weaves the message so naturally into the experience of watching a story about people that it never has the patronising smugness the words "message movie" tend to imply.

Mangrove is vital viewing in 2020.

This wouldn't be a proper courtroom drama without grand speeches, and Mangrove has several, including the final statements, which register as powerfully as needed.

The most striking moments of Mangrove, Steve McQueen's triumphant invocation of Black British history, aren't of anger, tears, or passion -- they're of silence.

There has never been a film more timely than Steve McQueen's compelling drama. With an array of powerful performances driving the story, Mangrove is as educational as it is essential.