Originally Posted By: Turnbull
"THE QUEEN" (2006) ****

My two cents, having just seen it:

The Queen
Stephen Frears 2006 UK / France / Italy 1st time; big screen
In the several days following Princess Diana's death, the Queen of England's reputation comes under threat, and is saved by newly-elected Prime Minister Tony Blair.
There is one moment here in which the camera sweeps us away into a breathtaking shot of rural England, craning high over head and belying any suggestion of either CGI or even an aircraft of some sort. As a whole, though, it looks like a shot-for-TV film, the kind of topical two-parter that might find its way onto channel 4; nothing particularly wrong with that, although with the aesthetic flatness comes an emotional emptiness, of vague interest because of performances, but little to none to those who are not interested by the English monarchy, the English government, or Princess Diana's death. Frivolous.


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