‘The Kitchen’ Review: Daniel Kaluuya Directs A Dystopian Story Of Fathers, Sons & The Power Of Community
theplaylist.netOscar-winning actor-turned-filmmaker Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut, “The Kitchen,” is a slightly unusual, oddly shaped movie at times.
And/or, another way to look at it is, depending on your point of view, Daniel Kaluuya’s filmmaking debut (co-directed with Kibwe Tavares, who also makes his feature-length debut) may defy your expectations, and it has much more on its mind than you might presume.
While it looks (and is marketed as) a sci-fi dystopian thriller about a future that is dark and grim, where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched beyond its limits, and gangs try and subvert the oppressive, ever-watchful Orwellian eye of the authority, what eventually emerges is something more soulful about fathers and sons and the collective power of community in the face of great inequality.
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