Two movies in one...

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2019)

I'm not surprised at the very mixed reviews and the film is definitely one to divide opinions. It's pretentious, boring, overly long and unfunny (apart from a couple of sparse laughs), but does have some redeeming features which should just about keep you from walking out of the cinema! Namely Olivia Coleman's performance as Queen Anne and it's no shock that she's picking up award nominations. The costumes and scenery are good plus solid turns from Stone, Weisz and Nicholas Hoult which are memorable enough. Overall though, I suspect most people will feel somewhat cheated by the hype surrounding the movie and there's no way it could be recommended for anything other than catching it on tv sometime you're very bored.