Score One for the Grown Ups! --- The Queen is Tops!

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2007)

Although 2005 and 2006 were the worst years in screen history in terms of quality, even in famine one can seek out a few gems of quality to feast on. The Queen is one such gem.
Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair are brought to life with such accuracy and conviction that we can easily forget we're seeing actors rather than the real people. The film offers not just an interesting and intelligent story (or history) but also provides insight into the Mother Country's view of their royalty. On top of that, we get a look inside the royal palaces of England, the royal hunting grounds, etc.
I particularly enjoyed seeing this at Washington DC's Avalon Theatre, one of just two surviving non-multiplex movie houses in our city. There are three if you count the AFI's Silver, but technically that's not in DC. Good movies in real theaters; those were the days!