A brilliantly fragile Kristen Stewart navigates Spencer, which spins a beguiling yet hollow Princess Diana fable. aurora_amidon's review:
’s two-hour runtime, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana only exchange words once. During their brief conversation, the Queen slyly remarks that the press have a particular fondness for taking photos of Diana. She then tells her daughter-in-law that the only portrait thatmatters in a princess’s life is the one that is taken to print on money when she becomes a queen. That moment, she explains, reminds you that you are merely currency.
Given these already established power dynamics, though, the scene between Diana and the Queen comes across as…odd. Instead of a hostile indictment of Diana’s fame, the Queen’s words come off as refreshingly honest—protective, even. And here lies a critical contradiction in. While the Royals are perceived by Diana as stifling tyrants, the worst thing they do in the film is repeatedly ask her to come down for dinner.
Still, it is precisely the portrayal of Diana as a damsel-in-distress that allows Larraín to flex his illusory style, which happens to be one of’s great strengths. Early in the film, Diana finds a book about Anne Boleyn, the beheaded ex-wife of King Henry VIII and fellow tortured royal, on her bed.
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