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Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
About: On the eve of V.E. Day which marks the end of World War II in Europe, the teenage Princesses: Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed to leave Buckingham Palace, incognito to join the celebrations. What follows is an adventure mixed with romance.
Review: This is my idea of a great movie! A Royal Night Out (2015) is one of those rare films that comes along and tells a charming story that is both captivating and exciting to watch. It does this without insulting the royal family and presents the young princesses as real teenage girls who are eager to explore the world that they have been sequestered from. It does this all within the frame work of a PG rating and does it well.
Unlike a lot of movies this does not rely on tricky flashbacks or multiple time frames to tell its story. It's close to being shown in real time, as the film starts early in the evening on V.E. day and follows the escapades of P1 and P2 (Princess One and Princess Two) over the course of the evening.
Bel Powley left, who aptly plays the younger Princess Margaret,
and Sarah Gadon as the future Queen Elizabeth.
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
About: On the eve of V.E. Day which marks the end of World War II in Europe, the teenage Princesses: Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed to leave Buckingham Palace, incognito to join the celebrations. What follows is an adventure mixed with romance.
Review: This is my idea of a great movie! A Royal Night Out (2015) is one of those rare films that comes along and tells a charming story that is both captivating and exciting to watch. It does this without insulting the royal family and presents the young princesses as real teenage girls who are eager to explore the world that they have been sequestered from. It does this all within the frame work of a PG rating and does it well.
Unlike a lot of movies this does not rely on tricky flashbacks or multiple time frames to tell its story. It's close to being shown in real time, as the film starts early in the evening on V.E. day and follows the escapades of P1 and P2 (Princess One and Princess Two) over the course of the evening.
Bel Powley left, who aptly plays the younger Princess Margaret,
and Sarah Gadon as the future Queen Elizabeth.
What makes this movie special is the lively, heartfelt performances by a rambunctious Bel Powley who gives spirit and spunk to her fun loving character the young Princess Margaret. And an equally good performance by Sarah Gadon as the more reserved but still curious, Princess Elizabeth. I thought both actresses made the movie as did the actors who played their parents, the King and Queen.
This is very loosely based on actual events, so don't look for utter realism here as everything that happens is strictly hush-hush.
This is very loosely based on actual events, so don't look for utter realism here as everything that happens is strictly hush-hush.