Rupert Friend,
Miranda Richardson,
Mark Strong,
Thomas Kretschmann,
Emily Blunt
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A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
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January 20, 2010Opulent romantic drama set during the 1830s about Queen Victoria, her accession to the throne and her relationship with Prince Albert. The machinations of the court of England are captured in all their back-stabbing glory. We as the audience get an intimate look behind the scen...( read more)
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January 10, 2010I adored it. It was pretty to look at, fascinating, and HUGELY romantic.
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January 9, 2010'Tighten your corsets, it's time for assembly-line historical drama!
The latest from Jean-Marc Vallée is "The Young Victoria", a look at the rise of, well, Queen Victoria. Written by Julian Fellowes, who penned "Gosford Park", the film's emotional center is that of the relations...( read more) -
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March 8, 2009Director:Jean-Marc Vallée
Released: 2009
Stars: Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson,Paul Bettany and Mark Strong
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Critic Reviews
December 28, 2009
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
December 24, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
An intimate, small-scale story of a young woman's struggle to be independent of her scheming relations and to find equality in a very unequal marriage. full review
December 22, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post
I didn't quite believe that this tiny girl could become the most powerful woman in the history of the world, but at the time perhaps no one believed it. full review
December 21, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Watching the slow, cautious courtship between Victoria and Albert is so pleasurable, so surprisingly not-boring, that it doesn't matter how much of the ending we already know. full review
December 18, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
If you like this sort of movie -- and actually, cards on the table, I like this kind of movie -- you will not be sorry you saw it. But you will not come away from the experience feeling that you've se... full review
December 17, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Blunt, her eyes sparking, her manner playful, smart, and proud, shines in the title role. If the film itself isn't brilliant, its star most definitely is. full review
December 14, 2009
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Blunt strikes me as the real deal: languid but biting, like Jeanne Moreau, yet able to command a scene while somehow appearing to shift to one side (as Moreau would never do) and observe with a skepti... full review
March 6, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
The history is by Mills & Boon, the visuals are wall-to-wall frou-frou. Add the banality-packed dialogue ("Even a palace can be a prison") and some substandard mise-en-scène, and we feel like crying, ... full review
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