The Queen (2006)
Country: GB/FR/IT/US
Technical: Soho Images 103m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Sylvia Syms
Synopsis:
The summer of 1997: Tony Blair gains a landslide victory at the polls; three months later the Princess Diana crisis puts his relationship with the monarch to the test. In saving her from the tabloids he performs his first real act of leadership.
Review:
Uncomfortable as it was to see the still incumbent PM impersonated in a dramatic property such as this, not to mention Ma'am herself and her family, once one's immersion into the narrative is complete this becomes less of a factor. Besides, in the case of the two leads, and particularly Mirren, their inhabiting of their roles is so flawless that little suspension of disbelief is necessary.The only possible objection can be to the private nature of many of the exchanges here, and as to their authenticity. But ultimately they both are dealt such a generous hand by the film makers that one cannot imagine either of them objecting - with the exception, that is, of the excruciatingly gaffe-filled audience with the Queen at the beginning. In between all the news extracts and one's own recollections of the week in question, we get to the human face of royalty in a way that can only be to the good.
Country: GB/FR/IT/US
Technical: Soho Images 103m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Sylvia Syms
Synopsis:
The summer of 1997: Tony Blair gains a landslide victory at the polls; three months later the Princess Diana crisis puts his relationship with the monarch to the test. In saving her from the tabloids he performs his first real act of leadership.
Review:
Uncomfortable as it was to see the still incumbent PM impersonated in a dramatic property such as this, not to mention Ma'am herself and her family, once one's immersion into the narrative is complete this becomes less of a factor. Besides, in the case of the two leads, and particularly Mirren, their inhabiting of their roles is so flawless that little suspension of disbelief is necessary.The only possible objection can be to the private nature of many of the exchanges here, and as to their authenticity. But ultimately they both are dealt such a generous hand by the film makers that one cannot imagine either of them objecting - with the exception, that is, of the excruciatingly gaffe-filled audience with the Queen at the beginning. In between all the news extracts and one's own recollections of the week in question, we get to the human face of royalty in a way that can only be to the good.
Country: GB/FR/IT/US
Technical: Soho Images 103m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Sylvia Syms
Synopsis:
The summer of 1997: Tony Blair gains a landslide victory at the polls; three months later the Princess Diana crisis puts his relationship with the monarch to the test. In saving her from the tabloids he performs his first real act of leadership.
Review:
Uncomfortable as it was to see the still incumbent PM impersonated in a dramatic property such as this, not to mention Ma'am herself and her family, once one's immersion into the narrative is complete this becomes less of a factor. Besides, in the case of the two leads, and particularly Mirren, their inhabiting of their roles is so flawless that little suspension of disbelief is necessary.The only possible objection can be to the private nature of many of the exchanges here, and as to their authenticity. But ultimately they both are dealt such a generous hand by the film makers that one cannot imagine either of them objecting - with the exception, that is, of the excruciatingly gaffe-filled audience with the Queen at the beginning. In between all the news extracts and one's own recollections of the week in question, we get to the human face of royalty in a way that can only be to the good.