A decent historical and docudrama film that's crafted well with actual real life highlights and flashbacks of a royal tragedy.

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2008)

Stephen Frears certainly did a fine job here with this very well and informative docudrama historical type film. As you watch and you as the viewer feel the pain and loss of Princess Diana from the actual highlights and flashbacks of actual news reels shown during the film. Yet Dame Helen Mirren leads the way with her performance as Queen Elizabeth II as her performance is tough and believable. The film shows the conflict of the public tragedy of the sudden death of Diana and the attitudes of traditional bound Elizabeth and new Prime Minister Tony Blair who wants a new modern image carries the film most of the time. True in it's nature you as the viewer see the private chambers of the Royal family and the British government as it's seen in it's darkest hour. James Cromwell also gives a strong supporting performance here too. "The Queen" is well blended as a film of government and royal conflict yet the flashbacks of Princesss Diana show the pain and tragedy that's lead to the conflict, really Stephen Frears blended it so well his direction is top notch it worked well with Mirren's life like performance. "The Queen" is clearly one of the better historical docudrama types of significant interest for any film and history buff fan.