Title: The Young Victoria
Countries: UK and USA
Year: 2009
Genres: Biopic and Period Drama
Runtime: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Languages: English and German
Directed by: Jean Marc Vallée
Written by: Julian Fellowes
Music by: Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography by: Hagen Bogdanski
Cast: Emily Blunt (Queen Victoria), Rupert Friend (Prince Albert), Paul Bettany (Lord Melbourne), Miranda Richardson (Duchess of Kent), Jim Broadbent (King William), Mark Strong (Sir John Conroy),Thomas Kretschmann (King Leopold), Jesper Christensen (Baron Stockmar),Michael Maloney (Sir Robert Peel), Julian Glover (Duke of Wellington), Harriet Walter (Queen of Adelaide), Jeanette Hain (Baroness Lehzen), Genevieve O'Reilly (Lady Flora Hastings), Michel Huisman (Ernest), John Pirkis (Earl of Derby), Tom Fisher (Lord Chamberlain), Malcolm Sinclair (Charles Kemble), Morven Christie (Watson) and Rachael Stirling (Duchess of Sutherland).
Plot:
Narration of Queen Victoria's youth, her ascent to the throne and her everlasting love with Prince Albert. In 1837, Victoria of Kent, with only 17 years old becomes the centre of a struggle for power. Her uncle, King William, is about to die and she decided to be queen altough removed from court by her mother's will. When she decides to be crowned as queen of England, she only has the suport of her governess.
My review:
Being the ruler of all the country is not easy and even less if you are a woman. Victoria lived in a complicated society in which women were only allowed to be mothers and wives. The Queen, however, broke those barriers during the years, and I must say I admire her willpower.
However, the film resumes too much the intense life of Queen Victoria, and avoided the political part of her life. This leads on not knowing much about Lord Melbourne and Sir Robert Peel like we do on the 2016 ITV series. What I do not like about this film is the idilical romance between Victoria and Albert, which is not true because love has also a dark side.
The acting was realist, although my favourites were Emily Blunt, Mark Strong (who did a great Conroy) and Rupert Friend.
I did not enjoy the plot since it was not realist at all, from my point of view.
My conclusion about this review is that the film was too soppy for me and not so insightful on society and politics.
Film mark: 5,5 out of 10.
Trailer:
However, the film resumes too much the intense life of Queen Victoria, and avoided the political part of her life. This leads on not knowing much about Lord Melbourne and Sir Robert Peel like we do on the 2016 ITV series. What I do not like about this film is the idilical romance between Victoria and Albert, which is not true because love has also a dark side.
The acting was realist, although my favourites were Emily Blunt, Mark Strong (who did a great Conroy) and Rupert Friend.
I did not enjoy the plot since it was not realist at all, from my point of view.
My conclusion about this review is that the film was too soppy for me and not so insightful on society and politics.
Film mark: 5,5 out of 10.
Trailer:
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