Product: Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
"Albert & Victoria" is nothing more than soap opera drivel-sorry
I purchased this dvd after reading some of the reviews listed here, and I thoroughly regret buying it. Victoria is portrayed by a woman who looks very much like Victoria's photographs and portraits' likeness, but presents her as a simpering, brainless girl, rather than the hot-tempered, dignified and strong woman she was. After reading the biography "We Two", this dvd was quite a letdown, and I greatly preferred the movie "The Young Victoria" (starring Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend) over this. The Dutchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, did quite a bit of research on the Queen, and presented that in that movie and in a book of Victoria and Albert's life at their summer/vacation home ("Victoria and Albert-A Life at Osborne House"). Almost nothing in this movie represents the truth, spare a few notable quotes. Queen Victoria didn't think much of Albert when they met at age 16, but when she was a bit older thought of him as quite stunning and very much enjoyed his company--this movie lets you think that this wasn't so, and even portrays her as being against the marriage after her coronation. What a disappointment this movie was-it was almost torture even watching the first of two dvd's. Like everyone said, the costumes were nice though-but not as nice as the one's in "The Young Victoria". Oh,well-off to the library in town......