But she is witheringly cold toward Tony Blair, all foolish smiles on his first official visit to the Palace. Mirren who's nonetheless very fine have the buoyancy of Prunella Scales in Schlesinger's film. But a monarch isn't tutored in such strategies.No flag flew at half mast over Buckingham Palace, because that flagpole was used only for the royal flag, to show if anyone was home, and they were all at Balmoral, being private in their grief, avoiding publicity, and protecting the boys.The Queen as seen here and imagined with enthusiasm by Morgan is not as witty as Alan Bennett's Queen, in her last on screen recreation, in A Question of Attribution directed by John Schlesinger, 1992, nor does the estimable Ms. And she was still associated with the royal family, and appeared as wronged by them. But also as Peter French has said about this film, the royal family "are shown to be morally and socially blinkered." Tony Blair reluctantly taught the Queen to see their absence of public response to the death, her insistence at first that it was a "private, family matte," was a disastrous policy that had to be reversed.Diana had skillfully manipulated the media to form an image of herself combining Demi Moore and Mother Teresa. Partly, and perhaps most of all, she was being the way she was raised, keeping things to herself, maintaining the immemorial English stiff upper lip. Queen wanted to shelter the boys, Diana's sons, from the noise of publicity, which would only aggravate their grief. I was as besotted with Helen's Queen as her Labor Prime Minister was. A performance that is as poignant as it is entertaining. Not a single false note, not a single cheap shot. Helen Mirren gives us more than a glimpse into the hermetic heart of a living queen. It is however Helen Mirren, in a performance that could only be described as miraculous, that takes us body and soul through the painful ordeal of those seven days surrounding the death of Princess Diana, the "people's princess" a natural master in a world of tabloids and self humiliation disguised as humbleness. Sylvia Syms! Queen Mom, a wonderful old battleship who's seen it all and fought her entire life for things to change so they could stay the same. I had to adjust to the fact that the Queen Mother was played by Sylvia Syms. Just look at her walking backwards trying to to be true to royal protocol. Helen McCrory as Mrs Blair is another standout. Michael Sheen is a adorable, yes I think adorable is the right word, as Tony Blair, the labor link between the people and the monarchy. It is really a story about public dignitaries trying to do the right thing for their country and their families.FYI There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where you can find a listing of past Crystal Heart Award winners as well as other Truly Moving Picture Award winners that are now either at the theater or available on video.
Even though you know what will happen, you are intrigued by how the characters get to their ultimate positions.In the end, Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair display a profound love for their country. And Tony Blair, played convincingly by Michael Sheen, trumps the royalty by being real and wise and likable.The storytelling is compelling. Queen Elizabeth II, played brilliantly by Helen Mirren, comes off as reserved and complicated.
Prince Philip comes off as insensitive and a bearer of grudges. But the many behind-the-scenes conversations had to be invented or recalled, so it has to be part fiction and part fact.The monarchy is not treated kindly in this film. Many facts are certain because you see historical footage of the bunches of cut flowers growing in front of Buckingham Palace and the then President Clinton making a statement and many clips of Princess Diane throughout her life. In steps the new young Prime Minister, Tony Blair, influences Queen Elizabeth II to mourn in public and bring a humanity to the English monarchy.The real story is the journey of Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II to get to this final destination.It is hard to separate what is fact and what is made-up in this film. But, they were coming off as cold and standoffish to the English people and they were causing the monarchy system to become unpopular and even despised. They alternately said it was a private affair or Princess Diana was no longer royalty since the divorce or we are protecting Princess Diana's two sons or let us grieve alone. It was as if Princess Diana was an assassinated world political or spiritual leader.The royal family did not initially react to her death in a human or sensitive way. Great Britain and the world mourned her loss in a surprisingly large way.
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