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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary India, 1947: Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) is dispatched, along with his wife Edwina (Gillian Anderson), to New Delhi to oversee the country’s transition from British rule to independence. Taking his place in the resplendent mansion known as the Viceroy’s House, Mountbatten arrives hopeful for a peaceful transference of power. But e...

Directed By: Gurinder Chadha

Written By: Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre, Narendra Singh Sarila, Gurinder Chadha

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Viceroy's House

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary India, 1947: Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) is dispatched, along with his wife Edwina (Gillian Anderson), to New Delhi to oversee the country’s transition from British rule to independence. Taking his place in the resplendent mansion known as the Viceroy’s House, Mountbatten arrives hopeful for a peaceful transference of power. But e...

Directed By: Gurinder Chadha

Written By: Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre, Narendra Singh Sarila, Gurinder Chadha

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
53
31% Positive
5 Reviews
56% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
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56% Mixed
9 Reviews
13% Negative
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80
Jun 13, 2017
One of the main strengths of Chadha’s approach is the way she weaves the historical detail into the richly textured story with such a light touch.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 7, 2017
In the end, Viceroy’s House works, but mainly as a historical refresher on the 70th anniversary of Indian independence. As drama, it’s a reminder that truth is sometimes more affecting than fiction.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW

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63% Mixed
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13% Negative
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60
Aug 31, 2017
Using the trappings of old-fashioned romanticism, Chadha envisions the cataclysmic upheaval of millions in the traumatic lives of a few.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 6, 2017
Fascinating story, flawed telling.
By James Mottram FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 13, 2017
Such a sprawling, two-pronged saga may well have been better served in television miniseries format.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 27, 2017
At the human level, this is shallow, and Chadha clumsily fuses political drama with romantic melodrama.
By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW
20
Aug 30, 2017
Director Gurinder Chadha (“It’s a Wonderful Afterlife,” “Bend It Like Beckham”) attempts to explore the cataclysmic human costs of the Partition without humanizing any of the Indian characters. And so we’re offered, on the 70th anniversary of the Partition (give or take a couple of weeks), another film about how brown suffering makes nice white people sad.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Pathe UK, Reliance Entertainment, BBC Film, Ingenious, British Film Institute (BFI), Bend It Films, Deepak Nayar Productions, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films, Anguille Productions
Release Date Sep 1, 2017
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.
Website http://eikokusotoku.jp/
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