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The Young Victoria (2009)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 108 | Rotten: 35

Emily Blunt shines as Victoria in this romantic but plodding royal portrait.

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 9

Emily Blunt shines as Victoria in this romantic but plodding royal portrait.

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Director Jean-Marc Vallée takes the helm for this look at the turbulent early years of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt), who was crowned at the age of 18, and whose ill-fated marriage to Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) would later prompt her into a life of mournful seclusion. Graham King and Martin Scorsese produce a film penned by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG,

Drama

Apr 20, 2010

$10.9M

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All Critics (144) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (35) | DVD (2)

This Victoria is not particularly Victorian, but then she is young; and everyone wants a piece of her, politically speaking. Emily Blunt is lovely and strong-minded as the Young Vic.

January 15, 2010 Full Review
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This may be the perfect shared entertainment for daughters just growing out of their princess phase and mothers with their own challenges balancing love and work.

January 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
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The way this story is told is just basically by people reading letters in voiceover while you look at beautiful furniture.

December 28, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies
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I wonder: Was the director of The Young Victoria wearing a corset right alongside Emily Blunt? This is one tightly constricted period drama.

December 28, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies
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It's a muddled but plush experience overall, and if you're a royalist completist or a historical romantic, you'll probably have a decent time. As much as Blunt may have wanted the role, though, I'm not sure it suits her.

December 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
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An intimate, small-scale story of a young woman's struggle to be independent of her scheming relations and to find equality in a very unequal marriage.

December 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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Emily Blunt joins the ranks of great screen monarchs.

December 31, 2010 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au
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The Young Victoria is an attractive film. While many period pieces overwhelm with flashy production design in order to get attention, the stellar art direction found here is luscious yet never vulgarly so.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews
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April 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

Quite a bit dry, even for a historical drama.

April 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Sight
Cinema Sight

Blunt's performance, restrained and fiery, holds together the personal and the political threads of this handsomely mounted drama.

March 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune

Consistently engaging, with an appealing sense of relevance for today's audiences.

February 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Aisle Seat
Aisle Seat

A veddy proper film that wouldn't presume to misbehave with an ounce of unnecessary melodrama and abandon. We are amused and entertained but not terribly so.

February 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Windy City Times
Windy City Times

Es el típico producto de calidad que se aprecia más que nada por sus valores de producción (y aquí son realmente excepcionales) y por un elenco, en este caso británico, donde se luce especialmente la estupenda Emily Blunt.

January 31, 2010 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total
Uruguay Total

Rich in personal drama, political intrigue and royal pageantry but also satisfyingly compact.

January 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

The life of a princess isn't necessarily a fairy tale.

January 14, 2010 Full Review
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is Blunt's chance to follow in the footsteps of Gwenyth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley in becoming a leading lady in a period piece.

January 12, 2010 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review
The Scorecard Review

A passable depiction of what looks to be a rather unspectacular slice of history.

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies
Window to the Movies

...worth seeing for Emily Blunt's radiant performance as Victoria and for the eye-popping recreations of life and ritual at the English court.

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Playback:stl
Playback:stl

Plush, plodding stroll through the dowager queen's early years

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comments (2)
CinePassion

A full package period romance, from the performances to the costumes to the lush setting and the rich score.

January 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune

If Molly Ringwold had taken a shot at 'respectability' in a Merchant Ivory Oscar-bait film, this might have been the perfect screenplay.

January 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Snobs
Film Snobs

"The Young Victoria" is a sumptuous character study that takes its time charting the transformation of a young girl born to rule into a queen ready to rule.

January 8, 2010 Full Review
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The production design ensures that every frame is a feast for the eyes, but what elevates the film is Hagen Bogdanski's sometimes expressionistic cinematography, which never calls attention to itself or obscures the detail of the sets and locations.

January 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Audience Reviews for The Young Victoria

History-lite for the sophomore high school set, albeit done with almost the best that money can buy. Blunt and Friend do as well as the passable script allows conveying the times and political infighting of court life. Only Mark Strong impressed me though as daring to press the limitations of the preset direction.
May 26, 2009
UniversalDreamer

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Victoria led a very controlled and protected life as heir to the throne. Everyone wanted to manipulate her. The movie covers the early years of her reign and her romance with Albert. Good movie and good cast.
March 2, 2009
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    1. Prince Albert: Good morning, wife.
    2. Queen Victoria: Good morning.
    – Submitted by Ayu F (13 months ago)
    1. Queen Victoria: I don't mind Shubert.
    – Submitted by Harriette M (2 years ago)
    1. Queen Adelaide: You are confusing stubbornness with strength, my dear. And I warn you, the people will not like you for it.
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)
    1. Queen Victoria: Oh, and if you think that I will ever forget that you stood by silent and watched him treat me thus, you are dreaming!
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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Foreign Titles

  • Victoria : les jeunes années d'une reine (FR)
  • La reina Victoria (ES)
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