The film is something of a big deal, despite its unheralded Netflix premiere. The Kitchen marks Daniel Kaluuya’s (Nope, Judas and the Black Messiah) directorial debut, alongside short film director Kibwe Tavares. Kaluuya also co-wrote the film with Gangs of London’s Joe Murtagh, cementing a vision of dystopian, near-future London alongside an unconventional tale of found family. It’s Blokamp-esque in design, but is centered on Britain’s Black diaspora. It’s a shame such a unique film can’t be seen on the biggest screen possible, but it at least deserves to be seen by as many eyes as possible.
I find this with most Netflix movies. Maybe I’m just not keeping up with the time, I don’t know. Netflix movies seem to have a lot of not much with only a little excitement.
Oh my god, you’ve read my mind and said what I’ve always wanted to say and didn’t know how to express it. It’s a lot of “not much with only a little excitement”