The Queen Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

We are not amused

Mirren's performance is certainly the 'crowning' (sorry!) glory in a somewhat lacklustre film. The week that the film looks at was certainly a very interesting time in the UK's history and the film tries to explore the shifting attitude of the public and media and hits on some interesting points. The problem with the film is that many of the characters seem too thinly sketched (Prince Philip in particular seems to have wandered in from a satirical sketch show) and there is little insight into the characters. Ultimately it is Mirrens performance which raises above Frears' surprisingly pedestrian direction and gives the film its heart and soul

The Queen vs Tony Blair

I was disappointed by this film as it was only based on one week of the Queen, whereas I thought if it was about The Queen and that it would entail moments throughout her life not just one week, however big it was. It also had a lot of Tony Blair's perspective in it thus why did he not get mentioned in the title. However, I thought the Queen Mother's character was a classic and the actig was goodd, just disappointing story line for me anyway!