- Summary: Set in 1953, Her Majesty is a widely appealing coming of age story about a young girl in New Zealand who realizes her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth comes to visit her small hometown. (Panorama Entertainment)
- Director: Mark J. Gordon
- Genre(s): Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 2 out of 6
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70Despite its faltering touch with the story's darker, more melodramatic threads, Her Majesty nonetheless proves winning overall thanks to a predominant emphasis on nostalgia, whimsy (heroine's royal audience fantasies include one full-on production number) and droll-to-broad humor.
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50To earnest for its own good. Sincere and heartfelt, it's the kind of family film that might be at home on cable.
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38Against "Whale Rider's" well-acted, intimate story, Gordon's film feels like an endless spiral of sub-par soap-opera acting, mired in trite, predictable dialogue.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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