The Hollywood Reporter's review of "Diana"
LONDON – Savage early reviews in the British press have already buried this glossy biopic about the anguished love life of Lady Diana Spencer, somewhat predictably, as the late royal princess remains a highly divisive figure in her class-riddled homeland. In fairness, Diana is a more enjoyable experience than the worst naysayers suggest, as might be expected from a film starring Naomi Watts under the command of Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel. Both have classy Oscar-nominated track records...........
Watts rises above the gauche script with an unshowy and nuanced performance, capturing Lady Di’s not-quite-royal accent and knowingly coy body language without resort to caricature. Alas, Andrews is not so deft............
Despite those brutal early reviews, Diana is not awful enough to be an enjoyably kitsch train wreck; it's too conventional and reverential to give the late princess the full dramatic deconstruction her iconic status demands. Halfway between a guilty pleasure and a missed opportunity, it makes the crucial mistake of treating curious viewers like deferential subjects, demanding far more sympathy than it deserves.
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2 comments:
Blame it on the real Diana, why were you the Princess of the people, and a target of the British tabloids?
This is not bad a review, but still very much guarded and seems to be holding back on a lot of praises because of the presiding UK reviews, this is unfair.
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