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The Queen (2006)
Struggling against winning the acceptance of the people of England, who upon the death of Queen Diana, who has been died in a car accident in Paris, the thing that leads to political unrest in England, who do not accept Queen Elizabeth, so Tony Blair, the elected prime Minister, who has advised her to deliver a speech.
20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
12 March 1960, London, England, UK
12 October 1935, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
30 September 1970, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK
1 January 1938, Marvig, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
October 27, 2006
Allows us to understand just how heavy the crown really sits.
October 18, 2008
A lesser director might make all of this deadly earnest, but Frears treats it as what you might call a tragi-comedy of manners, perfectly serious but human foibles everywhere.
February 09, 2011
The Queen will knock your socks off.
November 22, 2006
With its lavish imagery and elegant writing, The Queen is a majestic film, and Mirren is the heir apparent to be crowned best actress of the year.
September 17, 2010
Stuffed with stinging truths about swiftly turning winds of public opinion, Stephen Frears' film is a tough, fair-minded and, at times, morbidly satirical depiction of the extraordinary circumstance of leading in grief as well as government.
October 27, 2006
We see not only the inner corridors of power, but also sense the inner workings of the royal mind. Stephen Frears' deft direction also gives the film insight and even humor.
April 29, 2009
Surely to be considered at Oscar time.
November 03, 2006
In good times and bad, for good or ill, she is the public face of her nation. Mirren, Frears and Morgan let us see just how much a burden that mask has been.
October 09, 2008
A disappointingly claustrophobic play at sympathy for someone so out of touch with her 'subjects.' And why blow it up for the big screen? . . . Where's the arc? The tragic flaw? The ebbs and flows to her character? . . . A middle-of-the-pack chamber drama
January 30, 2017
Helen Mirren gives perhaps her most remarkable performance in an already remarkable career.
February 03, 2007
Both [Michael Sheen and Helen Mirren] understand the prickly push-and-pull that defines the fight -- the Gray Monarch v. the Great Modernizer -- and give quiet gravitas to the polite but firm standoffs.
