Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Synopsis:
A lowly clerk in Uttar Pradesh is chosen to present a mogul coin to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee, and an unlikely attachment is formed which arouses the enmity of the royal household towards the perceived interloper.
Review:
Somewhat undercooked period concoction, based on newly discovered journals; unsure whether to go for out and out critique, it lurches from lighthearted whimsy to Trollopian satire to poignant drama. Never less than pretty, but so much time is spent on backstage conspiracy among the courtiers and Prince of Wales that the one intriguing character, of Abdul, gets lost.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Synopsis:
A lowly clerk in Uttar Pradesh is chosen to present a mogul coin to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee, and an unlikely attachment is formed which arouses the enmity of the royal household towards the perceived interloper.
Review:
Somewhat undercooked period concoction, based on newly discovered journals; unsure whether to go for out and out critique, it lurches from lighthearted whimsy to Trollopian satire to poignant drama. Never less than pretty, but so much time is spent on backstage conspiracy among the courtiers and Prince of Wales that the one intriguing character, of Abdul, gets lost.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Synopsis:
A lowly clerk in Uttar Pradesh is chosen to present a mogul coin to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee, and an unlikely attachment is formed which arouses the enmity of the royal household towards the perceived interloper.
Review:
Somewhat undercooked period concoction, based on newly discovered journals; unsure whether to go for out and out critique, it lurches from lighthearted whimsy to Trollopian satire to poignant drama. Never less than pretty, but so much time is spent on backstage conspiracy among the courtiers and Prince of Wales that the one intriguing character, of Abdul, gets lost.