vitariz

Painfully boring. Overacted puppeteered and dull. Only wanted to stop watching in order to go listen to the original music. Those 2 hours are too long a yawn.

as soon as newly proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II arrives to Sandringham house to see her fathers corpse and join back to her family, queen Mary of Teck -80+- meets her in a corridor of the palace and BOWS as deep as she can. right there her fragile stumbling body tells clearly how important this young person has become. standing ovation to that detailed moment.

several insights show juicy details about the royal family so one can perceive somewhat accurately what must have been like to be part of that time in history. most royals quite well portrayed. the resemblance of actors and real characters seems an issue for the first ten minutes. then you may go along into the plot pretty easily thanks to the good acting, directing and production.

wasted cast for such a bore. too neurotic a mother-daughter relationship worthless of showing. vulgar language and shouted insults are totally unnecessary and irritating. highly disengaging and unattractive. overall it is slower than a tortoise, dropping attention instead of building momentum.

it must have been a pretty good magnet to work with miss Meryl, especially for the Brits (i.e. Ewan Mcgregor and Benedict Cumberbatch), otherwise they should have stayed home doing some gardening.

overall, this is another movie with dark blue lighting, a lot of car rides only because gas is cheap and plenty of door slamming and furniture banging. skip it and you will be just fine.