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Martin Scorsese
Producer -
Graham King
Producer -
Julian Fellowes
Writer -
Susie Figgis
Casting -
Jean-Marc Vallée
Director -
Arvo Pärt
Additional Soundtrack -
Tim Headington
Producer -
Sandy Powell
Costume Design
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CinemaSerf 6/1/2024 7:34:50 PM
Historically - as far as the cinema is concerned - Queen Victoria was born well into her seventies. Rarely has anyone tried to depict her early years and sadly, this is a rather shallow attempt so to do. Emily Blunt portrays the Queen with some fortitude but the rather soppy performances from Rupert Friend and Paul Bettany don't give us anything like a proper comprehension of the struggle she had, as a (young) woman, to establish herself at the head of an empire riddled with chauvinism, ambition and pomposity. Miranda Richardson as her mother takes up some of the slack in this lacklustre effort with the occasional, wise, contribution from Harriet Walter as the dowager Queen Adelaide welcome too. If it is a love story, then it just about works - anything else is just too far out of reach.
Emily Blunt
Queen VictoriaRupert Friend
Prince AlbertPaul Bettany
Lord MelbourneMark Strong
Sir John ConroyMichiel Huisman
ErnestMiranda Richardson
Duchess of KentJim Broadbent
King William IVHarriet Walter
Queen Adelaide