An Oscar for Hellen Mirren please!

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2006)

I just came back from seeing this movie and I have to say that although the film is great Helen Mirren is FAN-TAS-TIC! Her resemblance to the Queen is really something. From the look to the way she stands, that's what I call a performance. She should be definitely in the Oscar Race for best Actress.
I was still living in France when Princess Diana died. Therefore I didn't see nor remember all the details and how the crowds reacted to the silence of the royal family. That was greatly showed in the movie as well as the different personalities of each member of the Royal Family reacting on the public's grief.
I also liked the fact that Frears avoided all the cliché we saw a million times when it all happened which makes the movie even more interesting.