Southside With You

Biography, Drama, Romance

Chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

The critical consensus

Even if you didn’t know what comes next, this story of the first days of the Obamas would still seduce as a sweet, smart romance.

(*) (*) Olly Richards, Empire Online, 26/09/2016

This story of Barack and Michelle Obama early romance – complete with meet-cute, breakup and makeup – is a bit too dreamy to be true, but it tackles wider political issues with admirable subtlety.

(*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 29/09/2016

Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter are Barack and Michelle in a romantic day-in-the-life without much actual life to it.

(*) (*) (*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 02/10/2016