One of the most credible movies I've ever watched

Rating: 8/10 (17 April 2013)

The film "The Queen" (2006) is about the happenings in England after the death of Princess Diana. It's a very interesting and informing film with a brilliant Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II.
The film starts with the first visit of the new Prime Minister Tony Blair to the Queen. A few months later Diana dies in France in a car accident. So the main story plays after the death of Diana. During the film the spectator can see the difficult situation for the Queen. On the one side these is the population and the press who want the Queen come back to London and fly the flag at half-staff and on the other side there is her family especially her grandchildren who lost their mom. She wants to stay and help them as their grandmother in their difficult situation.
All people in England and in other countries know about the difficult relationship between the Queen and Diana so the Queen decides to stay in Scotland with her family after her death. Tony Blair becomes very popular because of his speech about Diana. Then he asks the Queen to come back to London, give a speech and fly the flag at half staff at Buckingham Palace.
In the situations when Michael Sheen as Tony Blair phones the Queen he needs all his power of persuasive to convince the Queen to carry out his wishes. So at the end of the film the press calls him the rescuer of the monarchy.
In sum "The Queen" is one of the most credible films I've ever watched. I would certainly advise you to go and watch this movie. Although you know the happenings after the death of Diana you will learn many facts that you didn't know before.