Crowning Elizabeth.. and the rest of 'em.

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2006)

What a creation this film is! Atmosphere so well realised you can almost feel the cold in each room of the palace. Equally fascinating and astonishing by reel 3, it does take a good half hour for one to get used to the pantomime happening with gradual credibility before your very wide open eyes. Initially it looked like a farce when University students get dressed up as old age pensioners. Prince Charles looked like a silent screen star without the pancake makeup. Within 40 minutes, this well crafted and very sly comedy has convinced you that you are actually peering into the Monachy during private days and fussy querulous nights. A great plot device to sincerely help us understand the Queen's feelings and her cementing over them once revealed involves a mighty Reindeer Stag. Well done. It was Mirren's Oscar moment by the creek... and if you see this film you will instantly know what I mean. Brutally satiric concerning both The Duke and Cherie Blair both hilariously pungently observed. What a production... cold color and fog. Just like the Monarchy. The intense sadness that wells again upon seeing the news shots of Diana and the sea of flowers as well as other well edited news footage is superbly presented for maximum effect (on me anyway). I would love to be a fly on the wall the night HRH and family... esp Phillip... see this film.