Dreadfully boring

Rating: 3/10 (6 September 2007)

This was a worthless piece of movie making. Who cares about what happened with the queen and the royal family the week Diana died. Sure Helen Mirren looked the part of the Queen and I guess did a good job. I don't really know since you never here the Queen talk in public, at least in America you don't. No one knows what was said behind closed doors, so this can't be an actually detailed movie of all the facts. The queen is basically portrayed as being indifferent when Diana died and wanting it to be a private affair not public. She was portrayed as cold by the media and forced to support a public funeral to appease the Princess's fans. Her husband even says things like "you hated Diana" toward the queen. That's probably true.
But the point is this movie is just dull and certainly did not deserve to be nominated for best picture. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it.
FINAL VERDICT: Not good. Sure the acting is descent, but the movie is pointless. Who cares how the royal family handled Diana's death.