Directed by Stephen Frears
Starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and James Cromwell
An intimate and fictitious behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana.
Slow-paced but far from boring. The characters were actually human and not headline names. And Helen Mirren eerily embodied Queen Elizabeth. The movie tastefully incorporated Princess Diana's death without exploiting it more than it already has by not focusing on the night she died, just the days following it and the people around and also not showing the children's faces.
Don't think I have much more to say about this one. To be honest, I think I'm just boning up to write about movie pick #4. In any case, The Queen is very good and you should watch it. My room mate's boyfriend refuses to watch it because it looks boring. It really isn't as dry as you'd expect it to be. Quite the contrary, it's the human aspect of all the characters from the Queen to Tony Blair to Prince Charles and Prince Philip and even the Queen Mum that make this film so compelling and interesting.
3 comments:
Well Mirren won a Golden Globe, so can't be all bad.
She was amazing as the Queen - it was no surprise
Good to know, I haven´t paid attention to it, but I know I´ll end up watching it at some point.
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