Very elegant

Rating: 8/10 (16 September 2006)

The Queen is a very beautifully made film with a real feeling of "Englishness" about it. Helen Mirren plays Elizabeth II wonderfully and all the cast are believable (apart from Cherie Blair's in my opinion). The use of original footage from princess Diana's funeral and life leading up to her death are used well and not just to fill in the gaps where many writers would've been stumped as to what to have the characters say next. The script itself was also very believable, although at times it did make Prince Charles seem a little wimpish - he may well be for all I know! All in all, a very interesting and insightful film shot very elegantly. Helen Mirren deserves a least one award for this!