another film made too early

Rating: 3/10 (3 February 2007)

It's quite strange to see a biopic of a person who's still alive. Specially when it's the Queen of England!
But passed that..
I think the movies tries to pass the idea that she's a funny, cute old lady that could be just our grandmother. But well, she's not (our grams). At the same time, kinda ridicules the Blair couple.
And the thing about doing biopics about living people is that everyone knows the real characters and expect physical similarities. They done an excellent job with Helen, she's Elizabeth totally. Prince of Edinburgh is as near as possible. But Charles is so wrong, so so wrong. The Queen Mother looks like a maid, not good as well. And Blair...oh God, he looks like Mr. Bean!
But at the same time, he appears as the hero that convinced the Royalty to do a public ceremony, instead of a private one. Clown or hero? Hard to tell the view of the script.
And the press is seen as the killer, indeed (the Queen Mother makes a joke about killing a photographer). As i believe it was an accident, i can't like this view. Strange to see real footage mixed with the movie. Not sure what to think of that. It seems like yesterday that i stuck in from of the TV watching those news...
Political's opinions a side (whiether the Queen is first the Queen and then mother and grandmother or the reverse, as the movie describes), i think the movie should have been about Princess Diana.
The People respects the Queen, but loved the Princess