all hail the queen

Rating: 6/10 (29 February 2016)

don't think this movie holds up very well over time, as it pretty much is about the events of the death of Diana, the former HRH, I'm not sure it does Charles justice to paint him as a more sympathetic figure than dear old mom, given what he did or didn't do to Princess Di in life. I thought Dame Helen Mirren did the best she could with the same pincurl wig they used on Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks. James Cromwell seemed miscast as Prince Philip and I'm not sure why there was no Anne, the Princess Royal, given she got married the second time in Balmoral. The star is certainly Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, as I saw him once in NYC and almost addressed him as the PM himself. That said, the best thing in Stephen Frears direction were the aerial shots of the Scottish moors, as well as Her Majesty's one on one with a prized stag.