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  • 1997
  • PG
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 1997
  • PG
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 41 m
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown

Summary Queen Victoria (Dench) was the world's most powerful woman. Rugged Scotsman John Brown (Connolly) was a lowly servant who looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation. (Buena Vista Entertainment)

Directed By: John Madden

Written By: Jeremy Brock

  • 1997
  • PG
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 1997
  • PG
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 41 m

Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary Queen Victoria (Dench) was the world's most powerful woman. Rugged Scotsman John Brown (Connolly) was a lowly servant who looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation. (Buena Vista Entertainment)

Directed By: John Madden

Written By: Jeremy Brock

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
17 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
The film's authority rests first and finally on the two actors in the leading roles. They are utterly reassuring. [4 August 1997, p. 26]
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW
80
Director John Madden calmly dissects the emotions of a woman whose personal life is effectively nonexistent.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
80
Queen Victoria is played with splendid regal grace by Judi Dench.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
75
Beguiling Victoriana. [18 July 1997, p.4D]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
70
This British film has the regal, clubby aura of Masterpiece Theatre. [21 July 1997, p. 70]
By Richard Corliss FULL REVIEW
58
Elegant yet surprisingly remote royal-court drama.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Despite its Scottish scenery and period frocks, Madden's film proves a pallid creature indeed compared to the hanky-panky leaking out of Buckingham Palace of late.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.3
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Production Company BBC Scotland, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Ecosse Films, WGBH
Release Date Jul 18, 1997
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Queen Victoria, the world's most powerful woman. John Brown, a simple Scottish Highlander. Their extraordinary friendship transformed an empire.
Website https://www.miramax.com/movie/mrs-brown/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations

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