Whew Helen Mirren

Rating: 9/10 (8 March 2019)

I gave The Queen a second viewing more than ten years later - the events of Princess Diana's passing coming back into personal memory with surprising lucidity. A slew of films and tv shows featuring monarchs through the ages has somewhat saturated our minds with what it means to be a royal, perhaps, but witnessing The Queen in almost documentarian realism sobers our fancies. Helen Mirren, rightfully awarded, puts on a depiction of a generation - the strong supporting cast appear incidental. Who knows if this is the persona of the Queen - does it matter now that we have the telling of events so truthfully brought to life that it may as well be the reality of something we certainly won't know in full.