Her Majesty
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46 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

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  • 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)

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    70
    Despite 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.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    Her Majesty is the kind of movie where you start out smiling, and then smile more broadly, and then really smile, and then realize with a sinking heart that the filmmakers are losing it.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    50
    To earnest for its own good. Sincere and heartfelt, it's the kind of family film that might be at home on cable.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    38
    Against "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.

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  1. PeterS.
    10
    Exceptional. And certainly better than 95% of the so called family films put out by the major studios. HER MAJESTY is a story that actually has some "meat on the bones". A great choice if you're looking for something to watch with the whole family.… Expand
  2. NZVideos
    7
    It is 1953 and 13 year old Elizabeth Wakefield is consumed by a desire to meet the new Queen, Elizabeth II. However she is stuck in a provincial North Island town of New Zealand, trying to deal with typical "coming-of-age" challenges such as parents who don't understand, a cruel brother, unfaithful friends, a handsome teacher and dozens of unanswered letters she has sent to the Queen. Then it happens - the Queen is going to visit the town during her New Zealand tour. This family film, that probably will appeal more to pre and early teen girls, is a bit rough around the edges, but not bad for a first time director who has done a good job at designing a mid-20th century small town New Zealand atmosphere.… Expand

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