The year is 1997, and Great Britain has a newly elected prime minister, the youthful, optimistic Tony Blair (Michael Sheen). In Buckingham Palace, the Queen doesn't appear to be fazed by Blair's arrival. But when Princess Diana is killed in a tragic car accident, her authority is tested as never before. While the Queen Mother (Sylvia Syms) and Prince Philip (James Cromwell) agree with her decision to remain at their holiday estate and not publicly acknowledge the tragedy, Tony Blair feels differently. Unfortunately, so do the English people. Making matters worse is the out-of-control media, which has begun to castigate the queen for her silence. In order to retain her grip on the country that she has served for so many years, she must swallow her pride and let the world know that she does, in fact, care.
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| ...Helen Mirren gives the mostly subtly expressive performance based on a living historical figure that I've ever seen. —Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor |
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...Helen Mirren gives the mostly subtly expressive performance based on a living historical figure that I've ever seen.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
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... a crackling dramatic story that's intelligent, thoughtful and moving.
—Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times
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...a moving state-of-the-nation report.
—Keith Phipps Onion AV Club
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...spellbinding...
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
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...more fun than any movie about the violent death of a 36-year-old woman has a right to be...
—J. Hoberman Village Voice
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...a superb re-creation of events in the week following the death of Princess Diana in 1997.
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
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...witty, touching and engrossing...
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
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Helen Mirren is a shoo-in for a Best Actress nod...
—Leah Rozen People
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It's a truly magnificent performance in which Mirren taps into the inner life of a public figure who has always existed at a forbidding distance -- a statue behind thick velvet ropes. In short, she does the seemingly impossible: She transforms marble into flesh.
—Scott Foundas LA Weekly
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...a bloody wonderful docudrama...
—Tim Knight Reel
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Where many would have expected dry, straight drama, Frears boldly asks us to accept these people as humans: flawed and ill-advised but ultimately with good reasons.
—Chris Cabin filmcritic.com
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...one of the best and liveliest movies of the year - funny and touching in ways you can't predict.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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...a sublimely nimble evisceration of the British royal family...
—Manohla Dargis New York Times
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...a buoyant mixture of deft, lightly impudent high comedy and human-scaled drama.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
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Here's a film that takes you behind the most famous closed doors in the world for a wickedly funny, fascinating, and ultimately moving story of our times.
—Pete Hammond Maxim
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Dryly funny and unexpectedly poignant...
—Maitland McDonagh TV Guide
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Despite its stately direction and superb imperial score by Alexandre Desplat, The Queen is itself something of a tabloid-y endeavor, as one of its primary pleasures comes from its (fictionalized) glimpse behind Buckingham Palace's guarded walls.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
Movie Blogs
Wanna Stay in on Saturday Night?
Posted on 2007-09-01 by reelz
If you're not int the mood to head out to the theaters tonight you can always check out the premiere of Idiocracy on Cinemax. Our own Jeff Otto gave it an 8 in his review.
Also playing tonight is X-Men: The Last Stand on HBO or The Queen on Starz.
Dog actors deserve their recognition, too
Posted on 2007-11-03 by reelz
Sick of all the regular awards hulaballoo? Well, maybe The Fido Awards are more your style.
Yes, the Fidos--the world's first international awards for canine actors--were handed out in a special ceremony last weekend as part of the London Film Festival.
And, FYI, corgis cleaned up this year. Not only did the corgis who played Queen Elizabeth II's dogs in The Queen win for Best Historical Hounds, but another (able-bodied) corgi won Best Comedy Canine for playing a handicapped dog in Year of the Dog.
We are so not kidding.
For the full bark, check out www.thefidos.com.
Source: Reuters.
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