A great woman's portrait , a regular queen's movie

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2008)

"The queen" has three things in its favor where lies the value of the film: the direction of Stephen Frears, the excellent and superb performance of Helen Mirren and an actual script, although measured in many parts it risks showing a historical fact with real characters who still remain the same office like in the film. These three points achieve this movie to be a compelling drama despite its failed edition (at times it seems to me a BBC's television production) and some characters representations are little faithful to the original (as Prince Charles and Tony Blair), whose physically aren't the same.
The plot focuses on the death of Lady Di and its impact on the people of England as well as the royal family, but it is also true that what is most interesting isn't these consequences, most important results how the queen thinking and acting, so this intimate drama helps us to visualize perfectly a character emblematic of the current worldwide monarchy. Their feelings, concerns, the coldness with which she reacts to what her people want and the disjunction between pay tribute to the woman who attacked his reign or lose the acceptance of people but not betray their principles, all this make the interpretation of Mirren a faithful portrait of a woman who holds a great weight on her shoulders and still goes ahead, and that is what most impresses and impacted the viewer. The rest are just circumstances.