I have just read Ebert's review of this picture, and it seems he must have seen this one while doing something else at the same time. It isn't as good a picture as Mr. Ebert would have you believe, but it's OK. Ebert even misquotes King George on a very important line: The King says, as he approaches clarity, "I have remembered how to seem," a line of great import, but Ebert misquotes "I have remembered how to seem myself."
That reviewer misquotes again on an important line, when certain courtiers are remarking on the new nation USA - one says "the Colonists sent him packing; why not we?" but the reviewer quotes "the Colonists sent him packing; why not me?"
The film starts slow - v e r y s l o w - and I almost shut it off and rewound. No getting around it...the first twenty or thirty minutes are boring. But it gets better. Altogether, it's OK - but not great. You'll like Helen Mirren, and you'll like Ian Holm.
That reviewer misquotes again on an important line, when certain courtiers are remarking on the new nation USA - one says "the Colonists sent him packing; why not we?" but the reviewer quotes "the Colonists sent him packing; why not me?"
The film starts slow - v e r y s l o w - and I almost shut it off and rewound. No getting around it...the first twenty or thirty minutes are boring. But it gets better. Altogether, it's OK - but not great. You'll like Helen Mirren, and you'll like Ian Holm.