A nation ponders its Queen.

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2007)

Stephen Frears directs this outstanding fictional account of real events. On the eve of Tony Blair(Michael Sheen)becoming the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth II(Helen Mirren)makes small talk while sitting for an official portrait. She contemplates the slick and image conscious Blair and what will come of his promise to 'modernize' the country. Suddenly the nation and the world begins reeling as Princess Diana dies in a auto accident in France. The British populace is awestruck with the lack of acknowledgment from The Queen. The British Government seems to be sitting on its hands as the nation grieves and waits to see what the Queen will do in honor of the "People's Princess". Heartfelt and riveting; a beautifully photographed and crafted drama. Mirren is brilliant