This was quite simply an insult the memory of Princess Diana. The directing and writing could have been done better by a three year old. The acting is rubbish. No wonder Di's sister Sarah wanted this rubbish to be burnt before it was even aired. The 'content' which saw an English speaking "Dodi" tell "Diana" "We'll go back to England and make a baby daughter" No seriously. It was just dire from start to finish.I would rather poke my eyes out with hot sticks than have to sit through this again. Straight to video was it? I know I saw it on a Cable TV network. Please for the sake of our own eyes, never watch this or believe any good reviews.
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i was forced to watch this...
suzie_clark28 July 2000
working in television is a dangerous business when it includes having to watch such drivel as this...
i have to admit now that i am not a huge fan of diana...in fact i find this whole idolising thing rather sickening...but i went into this film with an open mind and i was saddened...
so many film directors and producers have brilliant ideas and they don't get made in preference for this...
no doubt people will still watch it - everyone knows what happens but it's watching the whole sorry scene unravel...
the actors could have been replaced by cardboard cut outs...and in some of the scenes i was convinced they were...mind you, it's not their fault, i would have found it hard to get into a script so flat as well...the characters are as one dimensional as you can get...don't expect any revelations...this is simply playing out what you want to see...
i've looked on the vote display and much to my surprise (and horror) i noticed that some people have actually given this film a 10!...this is hopefully someone who worked on the film otherwise we would have to institutionalise them...
watch it at your peril...
i have to admit now that i am not a huge fan of diana...in fact i find this whole idolising thing rather sickening...but i went into this film with an open mind and i was saddened...
so many film directors and producers have brilliant ideas and they don't get made in preference for this...
no doubt people will still watch it - everyone knows what happens but it's watching the whole sorry scene unravel...
the actors could have been replaced by cardboard cut outs...and in some of the scenes i was convinced they were...mind you, it's not their fault, i would have found it hard to get into a script so flat as well...the characters are as one dimensional as you can get...don't expect any revelations...this is simply playing out what you want to see...
i've looked on the vote display and much to my surprise (and horror) i noticed that some people have actually given this film a 10!...this is hopefully someone who worked on the film otherwise we would have to institutionalise them...
watch it at your peril...
An Insult To The Memory Of Diana
steviec3414 February 2007
I saw this film with my girlfriend last night for the first time. What can I say about this film apart from do not pay any money to watch it, the acting is dreadful, the script is just as bad, the sets are so cheap. They make Diana out to be a saint, don't get me wrong what happened to her was awful but she wasn't the saint the papers made her out to be. Sure she may have gone on to do a lot of good things if she had lived but everyone seems to forget the real truth. The scene with Diana, William & Harry trying the dresses on so cringe worthy. I honestly thought this was written as a comedy at first.
To the people who think this was a good film with good acting you really need to get a life esp the person who writes to Celebrities as a hobby, that is pathetic, do you really think they care about you?? Its because of people like you that need to live their lives thro celebrities that newspapers and magazines write so much about them. If you hadn't bought into this celebrity crap to start with the photographers wouldn't have been chasing Diana in the first place.
To the people who think this was a good film with good acting you really need to get a life esp the person who writes to Celebrities as a hobby, that is pathetic, do you really think they care about you?? Its because of people like you that need to live their lives thro celebrities that newspapers and magazines write so much about them. If you hadn't bought into this celebrity crap to start with the photographers wouldn't have been chasing Diana in the first place.
A Pile of Rubbish!
Dianafan7914 February 2007
Having recently re watched this movie after nearly ten years of it's first screening I can't believe how awful it is. Having been made in 1998, it must of been rushed out in no time and it just looks it too. Amy Seacombe who played Diana, although not a great actress did resemble the Princess in a small way, which is more then some other actresses have done in the past, but you just can't stop thinking 'ham' when you watch the acting. The boys who play William and Harry are incredibly annoying, particularly Harry who bounds around like a over excited puppy for most of it. The scenes between Diana and Dodi are cringe making. They talk about making love and making babies, and all Diana could utter was 'that sounds exciting'. That was definitely a moment to hide behind your pillow. It would be nice to see a movie about Princess Diana, but a quality one. Diana: Her True Story was only slightly better. Please, please do not spend your hard earned money on buying this on video tape or DVD. Wait for a cable show to air and judge it yourself but quite honestly, the movie is appalling, the script is bad, the acting is far, far worse then the most z-list soap opera and has hardly any redeeming qualities at all. In fact it has no redeeming qualities at all! A good film if you want a laugh, but if you admire Diana or are looking for a decent Diana film, avoid this like the plague.
Trudging Through Angolan Minefields is Preferable to Viewing this Rubbish
sbox29 August 1999
Warning: Spoilers
[WARNING: This review may contain "spoilers."]
Holy cow, what a mess. This film was written for exactly the same nincompoops that created the endless desire for Diana coverage. Ergo, celebrity dullards can now watch a movie about photographers following Diana around. I really think they forget that they were the ultimate source of Diana's supposed torment.
I say supposed because it strikes me a little odd that Diana cried at the drop of a hat every time she saw a telephoto lense, aimed square at her telegenic gob. Life is always a bit stranger than fiction, and it is likely that Diana recognized the double standard of benefit and liability attached to living in a fish eye lense. But of course this movie isn't at all interested in portraying Diana, bruises and all. This film is mere propaganda, targeted for audiences who view the departed Diana as icon, rather than as a human being.
I wish I could stop here but I can't. Diana's interaction with her family and employees is portrayed in sitcomish simplicity. See William and Harry frolic with their happy mother. See them help her raise money for her "all important" charities. See Harry wear a dress! Do you get the point?
Bad dialogue notwithstanding, I felt I was watching a lousy travel info-mercial at times. In addition, I wondered how much the producers paid the composer for the soundtrack which accompanied this disaster. It seemed to derive from a single yamaha keyboard, authored by a composer who spent all of two days locked in his apartment, trying in vain to meet a deadline.
To anyone who appreciates this film, I offer this advice. Please seek professional help immediately.
Holy cow, what a mess. This film was written for exactly the same nincompoops that created the endless desire for Diana coverage. Ergo, celebrity dullards can now watch a movie about photographers following Diana around. I really think they forget that they were the ultimate source of Diana's supposed torment.
I say supposed because it strikes me a little odd that Diana cried at the drop of a hat every time she saw a telephoto lense, aimed square at her telegenic gob. Life is always a bit stranger than fiction, and it is likely that Diana recognized the double standard of benefit and liability attached to living in a fish eye lense. But of course this movie isn't at all interested in portraying Diana, bruises and all. This film is mere propaganda, targeted for audiences who view the departed Diana as icon, rather than as a human being.
I wish I could stop here but I can't. Diana's interaction with her family and employees is portrayed in sitcomish simplicity. See William and Harry frolic with their happy mother. See them help her raise money for her "all important" charities. See Harry wear a dress! Do you get the point?
Bad dialogue notwithstanding, I felt I was watching a lousy travel info-mercial at times. In addition, I wondered how much the producers paid the composer for the soundtrack which accompanied this disaster. It seemed to derive from a single yamaha keyboard, authored by a composer who spent all of two days locked in his apartment, trying in vain to meet a deadline.
To anyone who appreciates this film, I offer this advice. Please seek professional help immediately.
Ugh!
phillip-610-86927917 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
With all the praise being received for season four of The Crown nicknamed "The Diana Years", I thought I would seek out this made for television movie again after not seeing it for several years... Boy, do I wish I hadn't bothered!! It's just as dreadful as I remember from the first time I watched it. The acting is shocking. The hospital scene at the beginning, and meeting the princes for the first time stick out for being incredibly cringeworthy... The sets looked cheap and the stock footage of locations was just embarrassing. Don't bother wasting your time, you'll thank me!
Good Movie
kimbo81227 January 2005
This movie shows the caring side of Diana. She was a lovely young woman who cared for her boys very much and she also cared for the less fortunate of the world and the way she cared about those effected by land mines. I imagine that if she had been alive now with the disaster of the tsunami would have been one of the first to help. The lady who portrayed the princess did a wonderful job , she looks very much like her and carried her self like a real princess. It was so sad when she died in the movie it brought back many memories of the day of the accident and the days that followed.
That was a sad day for England and a sad day for the world.
That was a sad day for England and a sad day for the world.
Could become, in time, a specimen of high camp in a TV film.
LIBRARY30 August 1999
Biographical film attempts at capturing vivid, beautiful, and charismatic people usually fail. What actress/actor could convey the qualities of a Marilyn Monroe, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Ava Gardner,or Jackie O? Here we have one of the worst examples of contemporary bio-films. Neither the actress in the title role nor the screen writer/director is professionally up to the job.If one were told that Mohammed El Fayed's public relations organization had commissioned this film it would be believable. Fayed senior is the only "hero" in this version of Diana's story. No guilt for the driver of the death car-- or anyone but the press--is implied here. Dodi's discarded fiance is also trashed along the way,(as Mohammed sees the possibilities of a Diana connection for his son). Low life in high places is all that is served up in Diana: the People's Princess.
A tribute to the people's princess.
dy15826 June 2006
She was the reason why my father gave me that name after I was born. All it took just a tragic car accident in Paris to make me trying to find out about my name and everything in between.
This was shown here like last year or something on the cable. But I know it's on the anniversary of her passing. Showing the final year of the life of a people's princess, and the one whom many around the world so adored.
I did remembered I did some reading on some of the things the late Princess of Wales had did and some of it did appeared in this tribute and other stuff I had never known as well. It's almost a little strange now to think that when she was killed in that car accident, her sons were still in their teens.
The late of Princess of Wales is still the reason why so many around the world still love her, even when she is already in the other world. But the craziness of the paparazzi is what up till now, I can never often understand at times. Maybe this is the price of fame. But whatever she did in those charities she is part of is for the sake to help others.
Recommended for those who want to know about her final moments in this world, far from outside the international media's eyes.
This was shown here like last year or something on the cable. But I know it's on the anniversary of her passing. Showing the final year of the life of a people's princess, and the one whom many around the world so adored.
I did remembered I did some reading on some of the things the late Princess of Wales had did and some of it did appeared in this tribute and other stuff I had never known as well. It's almost a little strange now to think that when she was killed in that car accident, her sons were still in their teens.
The late of Princess of Wales is still the reason why so many around the world still love her, even when she is already in the other world. But the craziness of the paparazzi is what up till now, I can never often understand at times. Maybe this is the price of fame. But whatever she did in those charities she is part of is for the sake to help others.
Recommended for those who want to know about her final moments in this world, far from outside the international media's eyes.
great
dtucker865 July 2002
I never heard of this actress playing Diana but she does a great job. She looks like her and does a great job of capturing her heart and soul. Diana was such a wonderful person. I write to celebrities as a hobby and I wish that I had written her a letter. All I can say is this, if this is how it really was I don't know how Diana stood it, being chased by those paparazzi a--holes wherever she went! This film also shows there was a lot of sadness in Diana's life. People have theorized the reason she was so good and kind and caring is the simple fact that she had suffered so much pain and grief first hand that she couldn't stand seeing other people in pain. She did so much and could have done so much more. It was a loss for the world. If only she had her seat belt on.
A fitting tribute,and an informing time passer
wellthatswhatithinkanyway31 August 2000
STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the untimely passing of Princess Diana,and,compared to how it was about 2 years ago,much of the mass hysteria and general hype have calmed down,though the awareness of the many great things she did is still widely acknowledged on this landmark occasion.In the marking of this,I came across this TV drama on the life and times of her on UK Living ,and it did it's job quite well.
It portrayed her as she was,an unselfconscious,completely genuine person,who received all the completely unwanted attention of the newspapers because of this.Although this only really seemed to focus on the build up to her untimely death,and did'nt really focus much into her life before this.It seems here her life moreorless began in the summer of 1996,before she'd even given birth to either of her two sons,although this may have detered the cause of what it's ultimate intention was.Also,it was quite funny seeing how the actor's who played the roles of William,Harry,Fergie,Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa looked like on screen,despite their good performances.
Certainly,all the reflections of a very TV movie shine through,but I'd rather watch this simple,unidealistic TV movie than some big hyped,over promoted hollywood disaster designed entirely for profit.***
Today is the 3rd anniversary of the untimely passing of Princess Diana,and,compared to how it was about 2 years ago,much of the mass hysteria and general hype have calmed down,though the awareness of the many great things she did is still widely acknowledged on this landmark occasion.In the marking of this,I came across this TV drama on the life and times of her on UK Living ,and it did it's job quite well.
It portrayed her as she was,an unselfconscious,completely genuine person,who received all the completely unwanted attention of the newspapers because of this.Although this only really seemed to focus on the build up to her untimely death,and did'nt really focus much into her life before this.It seems here her life moreorless began in the summer of 1996,before she'd even given birth to either of her two sons,although this may have detered the cause of what it's ultimate intention was.Also,it was quite funny seeing how the actor's who played the roles of William,Harry,Fergie,Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa looked like on screen,despite their good performances.
Certainly,all the reflections of a very TV movie shine through,but I'd rather watch this simple,unidealistic TV movie than some big hyped,over promoted hollywood disaster designed entirely for profit.***
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