Savita Brandt

I loved the awkwardness depicted here in Pinteresque style of Royalty desperately trying to keep their upper lips stiff and their regal images intact in a pivotal moment of history. The discomfort of the king and queen was touching and brilliantly rendered.
Also, the fact that the story is narrated by the least interesting character and is essentially about a series of trivial, if momentous, events was a delightful change. FDR's lightheartedness played against the gravity of the royals was a delicious observation of the Brits demeanour vs the Americans (dare I say it?)and Bill Murray was beyond reproach.
One lost opportunity, perhaps, in the car conversation between Daisy and Missy, might have been to explore just a little bit deeper the positive side to empathizing with a needy man of many mistresses.

Mar 25 - 05:01 AM