The Queen (2006)

I usually find it harder to rate biographical movies higher than fictional.  I thought The Queen was excellent in several obvious aspects.  It's a period piece and a character study, but of a person who is still alive today.  Helen Mirren gave an appropriate and what appeared to be accurate rendition of QEII.  Of course, that is always the problem with biographical movies, what is true, what is fudged, what is completely inaccurate?  I would assume that most everything in the story was true and based on documentation, although I don't know.  I do think the movie did a good job of contrasting the new Britain with the old regime.  But is Prince Phillip that much of a cantakerous old fart?  Is Charles really that wimpy (well, compared to his Dad)?  Anyway, certainly worth watching for the performances alone, and as a remembrance on how much the life of Diana mirrored the changing world.  Michael Sheen does a good job as Tony Blair, just as he did a good job as David Frost in Frost/Nixon, although there is just something slightly off with him, I can't put my finger on it.  Makes me want to revisit old Frears movies that I saw long ago, such as Prick Up Your Ears with Gary Oldham.

Country:  England
Year:  2006
Director:  Stephen Frears
Time:  103 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer 97%, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/queen/
IMDB:  Rating 7.5,  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/

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Here is the trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nD2KB0a_E