Diana
Directed by:
Oliver HirschbiegelScreenplay:
Stephen JeffreysCinematography:
Rainer KlausmannCast:
Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Charles Edwards, Geraldine James, Juliet Stevenson, Cas Anvar, Daniel Pirrie, Michael Byrne, Art Malik (more)VOD (1)
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Celebrated and adored by millions, she was the Queen of people's hearts, yet the bittersweet story of the last man to truly capture hers has never before been told. Princess Diana (double Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), at one time the most famous woman in the world, inspired a nation with her generosity, compassion and kindness - and in her final years she would meet the man who, in turn, inspired her. When Diana met Doctor Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews), she found someone who could see beyond the exterior, to the vulnerable and complex woman underneath. An incredible source of strength to her, it was during this relationship that Diana accomplished some of her most rewarding and successful humanitarian work. As Diana fell in love with Dr Khan, she didn't just feel like a Princess – but like the woman she truly was. (official distributor synopsis)
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Many films were made on the theme of Princess Diana's life during her lifetime. I don't remember any of them being good. But so be it, the tabloids needed to be illustrated in some way. This new biopic isn't any better either - it just fits in the storyline of those new trends where it tells, for example, about one week in the life of Monroe. Grace was still relatively stable, but Diana was not. Why waste her name on a romance about a divorced Christian woman and a Pakistani surgeon whose mother didn't give him her blessing?
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Who wanted to achieve something with this film? It seems like someone noticed that Diana was being forgotten, so they decided to make a film about how she was actually a wildly in love girl who turned into a chaser and used paparazzi to make her admirer jealous. It's an incredibly poor attempt at an artistic film, achieved through nonsensical camera movements, along with 50% unnecessary scenes. It's as if Oliver Hirschbiegel had been watching Terrence Malick's recent films for a long time and concluded that there's no other way to film except slowly and senselessly. As much as I like Naomi, her terrible accent and bloodless acting really didn't impress me at all. Sad...
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