The Kitchen Trivia | 20 facts about the movie

The Kitchen is a 2023 British science fiction drama film directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya from a screenplay from Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh.

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1. The Kitchen is a 2023 British science fiction drama film.
2. It was directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya.
3. Kibwe Tavares’s directorial debut.
4. The screenplay was from Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh.
5. The film stars Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, and BackRoad Gee.
6. The Kitchen had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2023.
7. It was released in select cinemas in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2024.
8. It then had its streaming debut by Netflix on 19 January 2024.
9. The real Lord Kitchener was Irish born Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the 1st Earl Kitchener (24th of June 1850 – 5th of June 1916) who had a vast and varied military career, whose face was used in the British World War 1 1914 poster campaign.
10. This is the famous poster of an head-shot of an army officer, with prominent moustache, pointing at the reader and quoting “Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. Join Your Country’s Army! God save the King.”.
11. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 45 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.
12. The website’s consensus reads: “Smart sci-fi that’s solidly grounded in social commentary, The Kitchen suggests a bright future for the directing duo of Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares.”
13. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
14. The Kitchen is the feature-length directorial debut of both Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya. Tavares, Kaluuya.
15. Producer Daniel Emmerson began developing the film in 2014.
16. He initiated the development of the movie after a conversation in a barbershop.
17. In 2016, the film was selected for Sundance’s Screenwriting and Directing Lab.
18. Production on the film took place from March to June 2022.
19. The film was shot entirely on location, in London at the old London Electricity Board Building on Cambridge Heath Road.
20. It was also shot in Paris.