boredom in a very, very, very sophisticated way

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2007)

Be warned. I saw this movie in a sneak preview so it was no disappointment, it was an annoyance. There is no story to be told, but what everyone read in every newspaper in 1997 when Diana died. There is no artistic distance to the history, even newscasts from this time are cut in. The camera is far below TV quality, even when they get into the fantastic Scottish highlands. Only bad actors have been casted for this barbiturate, well, except Helen Mirren. Or they are fine actors, but the director did not know what to do with them. At least, he did not know what for - just to have Mrs. Mirren in a role, where she can play a lot of extras with her gazes. The characters are compromised ore underdeveloped. The filmmakers had obviously no idea, not a vision, but eyes filled with tears, not being able to look at, what needed to be done: artificial access.