Helen Mirren is the QUEEN!

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2007)

Helen Mirren is amazing. The thing that was most breathtaking about her performance was it subtlety. It takes an actress who really believes in herself to make a character so believable without over acting. I think that's the difference between younger actresses and these tempered veterans. They have that special something, a confidence that allows them to harness the insides of their characters. We know so little about Queen Elizabeth. We eat only what the tabloids feed us and I know that's a perverse group that's poisoning the public to a large extent. In this movie, Helen's performance peels the onion for us and gives us a possibility of what the human side of this icon is. Truly inspired.