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Genres:
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Drama /
History /
Romance
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Director:
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Jean-Marc Vallée
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Actors:
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Harriet Walter,
Emily Blunt,
Rupert Friend,
Paul Bettany,
Miranda Richardson,
Jim Broadbent,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Mark Strong,
Jesper Christensen,
Jeanette Hain,
Julian Glover,
Michael Maloney,
Michiel Huisman,
Genevieve O'Reilly,
Rachael Stirling
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Rating:
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(7/10)158
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Plot Summary:
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From Academy Endow with winners Graham Royal and Martin Scorsese comes the account of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an thing of a nobleman power-twist in to her romanticist courtship and fabulous federation to Prince Albert, Emily Rude gives a superb conduct as the young Victoria.
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A Wonderful Love Story
I saw this film at the cinema, and it wasn't just me saying it was a great film. I overheard everyone leaving the cinema, and everyone was saying that it was fantastic. I wouldn't consider myself a royalist (and didn't know anything about Queen Victoria), however I still thoroughly enjoyed this film of her younger years. The acting was superb, the costumes stunning and the locations superb. You also couldn't beat the fabulous music, in particular the choir rendition of 'Zadok The Priest' which gave me goosebumps.
Don't think for a second that as it is a period film there is a lot of doom and gloom, because it is quite the opposite. This is a beautiful love story, with quite a lot of humour in it. Overall as far as period drama's go, this is one of the...
Excellent
This is a very easy-on-the-eye way of learning a bit of history. If you like period costume-drama, this is definitely a must. One or two bits were not strictly true (e.g. Prince Albert was NOT injured in an assassination attempt), but I found myself very taken by this film, and only regretful that it didn't pursue Victoria's life a bit further. I hope there will be a sequel.
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