I don't usually like place intrigue...but this works

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2019)

Don't really enjoy palace intrigue stories much, but I enjoyed this one. The big difference? Farce. Most films about courts take themselves sooooo seriously (and move sooooo slowly). This on did not. And every extreme (from events to performances to dance moves) pays off with a laugh. Plus, those laughs never undercut the tension created by the main characters. I had seen this story before, but I had not seen it done this well.