On screen, she's a marvel, so much like the Queen that you find yourself searching her face for remnants of the ravishing Mirren.
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10/12/06
The Queen (2006)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:171
Rotten:6
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: Full of wit, humor, and pathos, Stephen Frears’ moving portrait of the British royals during the period after Princess Diana's death features not one but two remarkable performances, that of Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II and Michael Sheen as the newly-ordained Prime Minister Tony Blair. They embody their characters and lay bare the motivations behind these prominent people, giving viewers a glimpse into the inner workings of the British monarchy.
Theatrical Release:15-09-2006
Synopsis: Helen Mirren delivers a royally stirring performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears's fictional romp, THE QUEEN. The year is 1997, and Great Britain has a newly elected prime minister, the... [More]
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms
Director: Stephen Frears
Reviews for The Queen
121 - 140 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Helen Mirren takes a character that most of the world sees as insular and stalwart -- Britain's reigning Queen Elizabeth -- and turns her into a real-life human being with flaws and foibles.
10/12/06
It's a buoyant mixture of deft, lightly impudent high comedy and human-scaled drama.
10/12/06
The script is elegant and the performances are dignified.
10/12/06
The Queen is not difficult, [but] it is sufficiently and, yes, marvelously artistic...
10/11/06
Mirren's challenge, really, was not to act at all, but instead use stoicism as an all-encompassing form of expression. In those terms, she doesn't act beautifully.
10/11/06
Darkly observed and deeply affecting.
10/10/06
Helen Mirren is a Queen in her own right.
10/09/06
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10/08/06
Brillian dissection of the rot at the top of British high society and politics.
10/07/06
An immensely entertaining and seemingly acute chronicle of the week Diana died.
10/06/06
Top CriticBrilliant as Morgan's script is, it is Helen Mirren's diamond-hard performance that is the jewel of The Queen's crown.
10/06/06
Diana's death and the public reaction to it really did signal changing times - the passing of what we in this country call the greatest generation to what comes after. One wonders, watching The Queen, whether we've changed for the better.
10/06/06
A smart and tough-minded skewering of the House of Windsor as well as an examination of the primacy of image over substance.
10/06/06
A subtle, often very funny, ultimately touching tragedy of royal manners and meaning.
10/06/06
the script is smart enough to consider all angles, not just taking the easy way out by demonizing the Queen
10/06/06
This has the immediacy of a "West Wing" episode, and it's thrilling.
10/06/06
The Queen rules. It is among the best films of the year. It has humor, pathos, intelligence and intrigue. Fully realized characters engage us from start to finish.
10/06/06
Mirren's finely calibrated performance reveals a complex woman coping with a bewildering world, and Blair's growing sympathy for his beleaguered monarch gradually becomes ours.
10/05/06
A fascinating character study and a brilliantly crafted drama. It has some of the wittiest writing in recent memory and spot-on performances.
10/05/06
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