The Young Victoria
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The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

"Love rules all."

7.2(1,029 votes)
2009
1h 45m
DramaHistoryRomance

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

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Production

Budget:$35,000,000
Revenue:$29,196,409
Companies:
GK Films
Mandate International
Sikelia Productions

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
GermanEnglish

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/10

Historically - as far as the cinema is concerned - Queen Victoria was born well into her seventies. Rarely has anyone tried to depict her early years and sadly, this is a rather shallow attempt so to do. Emily Blunt portrays the Queen with some fortitude but the rather soppy performances from Rupert Friend and Paul Bettany don't give us anything like a proper comprehension of the struggle she had, as a (young) woman, to establish herself at the head of an empire riddled with chauvinism, ambition and pomposity. Miranda Richardson as her mother takes up some of the slack in this lacklustre effort with the occasional, wise, contribution from Harriet Walter as the dowager Queen Adelaide welcome too. If it is a love story, then it just about works - anything else is just too far out of reach.

6/1/2024

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