The Young Victoria

Fine costume drama, distinguished by another wonderful performance from Blunt, and a fine array of supporting actors, especially Broadbent as a dottery, drunken king. The film lacks the passion and/or political intrigue that mark the best in this genre, but given the material at its core doesn't lend itself to these things (it's essentially a fairly straightforward courtship story) it remains very enjoyable, if not quite as gripping as you might like.

Dynamic re-telling of the events that led to the most flourishing passage in Britain's history, with gorgeous scenery and terrific performances. A more precise direction would have benefitted the film, but it's still a very interesting one nonetheless.

A testament to the capacity of British thespians, specifically Blunt, Friend, Bettany, Richardson, Strong, Walter, Broadbent, among others, to play any dry and droning history lesson as if it were Shakespeare. (Don't look to Blunt to do what Judi Dench didn't do in Mrs. Brown, speak the Queen's English as a second language. Herr feerst vass Churman.) The rather bland love story ultimately nudges out the pungent family relations, and the only goose bumps come courtesy of Handel and high volume.

I'm a total sucker for the sumptuous scenery and costumes of a British period drama, so this was right up my alley. Wonderful performances and a touching and romantic true story. I kind of want a sequel. The Middle-Aged Victoria, anyone?

Quite a simple movie. Lovely: Emily Blunt. Good: the other major actors (Richardson, Broadbent, Bettany, Strong, Friend). Beautiful: costumes and music. Poor: story and execution. Disappointed: my general feeling after watching it.

Great chemistry between Victoria and Albert. Sure, there were some changes that were not historical fact, but it was a wonderful story overall. I loved the song, "Only You" by Sinéad O'Connor :)

2. I thought I'd never seen it, but it turns out I have - which speaks plenty about how unforgettable the film is. Amidst the superb costumes and awesome performances by Broadbent and Bettany, as well as the solid presence of Blunt and Friend, this informative period drama fails at two things: it doesn't have a script in the sense that it has no distinct 3 acts, but rather feels like a random slideshow with scenes from the life of Victoria, and also suffers from poor pacing. Still pleasant.

Nice movie, but it lacks action.

A beautiful, interesting, and well-acted period drama. I just wish there was something that could separate it from the hordes of other period films that I've seen in the past

I'm a sucker for Victorian period pieces and this one's actually about Victoria. It's become a cliché to have actresses play monarchs during Oscar season, but like most clichés, there's usually real drama and power underlying the often absurd courtly melodrama. I've been a fan of Emily Blunt's since "The Devil Wears Prada", and she's risen to every role since, including this one, which I wondered about when I saw the first saw the trailers. She should be in contention.

Not a bad effort for an historical costume drama. Emily Blunt was very effective.

Vallée skilfully turns a quite interesting historical time to a boring movie. Decent acting, but not much more.

Flat.

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This movie is actually really interesting, because you can see the crude logic behind the biopic. You can tell that the driving force was the romance. Fine. But they also insist on making it relevant to modern women by forcing Victoria to be feminist icon, which she certainly was not. She said horrible anti-feminist things about babies and husbands. It's The Young Victoria, because I guess The Old Fat Victoria doesn't sell tickets. Even though the Old Fat Victoria is the interesting Victoria.

Full of great and nuanced performances but little drama.

Quirky direction and great production values; Bettany, Broadbent and especially Blunt are really good but the story and dialogue let it down. OK.

Ricostruzione romanzata, ma abbastanza accurata. Chi ama il personaggio o il genere non dovrebbe perderlo. In generale per tutti gli altri comunque gradevole.

Good acting but everything else boring.

For many this will lack action but I am not one of them - it's a period piece about the structure of European monarchy and a gentle love story - not Predator v. Alien The leads give beautifully still and considered performances against stunning backfrops. Deeply under-rated and quite charming in every respect.

The love story, which is meant to be the center of the film, falls by the wayside when the politics get pumping. I liked that about the movie though.

Mistake - There are heater panels at the bottom of the rooms, which didn't exist in that era.

Enjoyability 19/25 Visuals 15/15 Audio 7/10 Acting 9/10 Story/Plot 23/25 Production Values 9/10 Intuitiveness/Ambitiousness 3/5 Bonus 6/10

Was expecting to be annoyed by this, but it's actually very well done all things considered.

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Most of the time feels opulent for opulence's sake, while lacking a cohesive narrative and a truly satisfactory ending. It does shine when relishing in politics, and magnificent bit player acting.

Soild period production, but Vallée made this quite dull somehow Some nice production values and design, and some pretty good performances. But it's not great. Anyone looking for a great production about Victoria should look no further that the BBC's 2001 mini-series "Victoria and Albert" which is better than this movie in every way.

This kind of period production needs some kind of dramatic romantic or political hook to get me engaged, since it's not my favourite genre. This didn't manage that. The particular era of Victoria's reign this focussed on was an especially uninteresting time. Even when taking liberties with the truth, it failed to create any kind of romantic tension - simply because there isn't a historical story to tell.

Costume drama with a focus on romance. There is not much going on in it; if you are not big fan of costumes or royal romance I doubt you'll be entertained. Jean-Marc Vallée fails to impress as a director for hire.

"The failure of the film is not so much a lack of historical accuracy or detail as a dearth of historical liveliness." - Joseph Jon Lanthier

I'm single, depressed, so what do you expect from me? Watching two young people fall in love... Oh, I loved it :)

A little too sweet at times, but it's well filmed, well acted and what can I say ... Emily Blunt

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Emily Blunt is absolutely gorgeous and her acting is superb. She steals the movie. Good acting from others as well. It was very entertaining, educational and sometimes thought provoking, but also constricted and formal. Tons of beautiful elaborate costumes and settings. Perhaps the real queen Victoria was pretty when she was young, but I doubt she was remotely as lovely, or as spirited, as Emily Blunt in this movie.

From the historical perspective, this movie is accurate enough except the selection of the actors for the main roles (Albert was 30+ cm taller than Victoria, Lord Melbourne was 40 years older than Victoria etc). The main disadvantage is the small length, missing significant facts out of the plot, leading to gaps in the continuity of the story.

A pleasant enough historical drama about the burgeoning love of the young queen Victoria and her husband-to-be Albert. The film is pretty to look at and unassuming in a typically British kind of way. However, not much of real consequence happens as the film lacks a strong dramatic hook, something a movie like this really needs to succeed.

had some great moments. and a cool performance by Emily Blunt.

Good-looking, well-acted and reasonably historically correct period piece, which unfortunately falls flat in finding a story to tell; it feels like the pilot episode of a TV series rather than a stand-alone film in its own right.

A beautiful costume drama that could have used some touching up in all departments, but its sweetness and strong performances hold the film firmly together.

Me encantan las películas con contenido histórico. Ella una grande total!

Vallée's direction is finely structured, luxuriating in the elegant art direction and costume design without getting overburdened by it. He mostly focuses on the woman rising to the throne, played nicely by Blunt. She manages to make the period dialogue feel nicely natural, playing each moment honestly, keeping even the biggest scenes free of deadening pomposity. However, she doesn't manage to dig especially deeply into the role either. It's as much fine presentation as earthy performance.