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Title: The Young Victoria (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Emily Blunt | ... | Queen Victoria | |
| Rupert Friend | ... | Prince Albert | |
| Paul Bettany | ... | Lord Melbourne | |
| Miranda Richardson | ... | Duchess of Kent | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | King William | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | King Leopold | |
| Mark Strong | ... | Sir John Conroy | |
| Jesper Christensen | ... | Baron Stockmar | |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Queen Adelaide | |
| Jeanette Hain | ... | Baroness Lehzen | |
| Julian Glover | ... | Duke of Wellington | |
| Michael Maloney | ... | Sir Robert Peel | |
| Michiel Huisman | ... | Ernest | |
| Genevieve O'Reilly | ... | Lady Flora Hastings | |
| Rachael Stirling | ... | Duchess of Sutherland | |
Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle, William IV's rule. Her German cousin Albert is encouraged to court her for solely political motives but, following her accession at age eighteen, finds he is falling for her and is dismayed at her reliance on trusty Prime Minister Melbourne. Victoria is impressed by Albert's philanthropy which is akin to her own desire to help her subjects. However her loyalty to Melbourne, perceived as a self-seeker, almost causes a constitutional crisis and it is Albert who helps restore her self-confidence. She proposes and they marry, Albert proving himself not only a devoted spouse, prepared to take an assassin's bullet for her, but an agent of much-needed reform, finally endorsed by an admiring Melbourne. Written by don @ minifie-1
Greetings again from the darkness. Emily Blunt would have stolen The Devil Wears Prada if not for the queen of screen, Meryl Streep. Here she competes with no one and does a nice job of carrying the film based on the early years of Queen Victoria. If you are rusty on your British sovereign history, she ruled from 1837-1901.
For 20 of these years, she was married to her true love, Prince Albert (played well by Rupert Friend). While the two meet as youngsters, the bond between them comes from their letters ... an early precursor to eHarmony?? We know Victoria mostly from royal portraits, so it's nice to see her as a rebellious youngster trying to learn the tricks of the trade, even while being manipulated like a pawn by her mother (Miranda Richardson) and her lover (Mark Strong). We get to see her tenacity blossom as she matures and literally grows into the monarchy.
While Ms. Blunt's performance is strong, Julian Fellowes' writing is not at the level of his previous work in Gosford Park. We do get some of the same power plays, but it is missing the nuances of that much better film.