Movie #-2

The Queen

Helen Mirren, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Peter Morgan have really accomplished something major here. They may have rehabilitated the British monarchy in the public eye. Previously, my feelings about them went something like, "Wills - hot. Queen - old and boring. Charles - ugly." Now, well - now it's pretty much the same except I've turned into a fangirl about Queen Elizabeth. I know it wasn't the real Queen up there on the screen, but it felt real enough that I forgot all about Helen Mirren. The film is so British-y, with all the restraint and the dry humor, and she is just the perfect person for this role, and really any role. Mirren for prime minister!