The Young Victoria (2009)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 108 | Rotten: 35
Emily Blunt shines as Victoria in this romantic but plodding royal portrait.
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
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Cast
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Emily Blunt
Queen Victoria -
Rupert Friend
Prince Albert -
Paul Bettany
Lord Melbourne -
Miranda Richardson
Duchess of Kent -
Jim Broadbent
King William -
Thomas Kretschmann
King Leopold -
Mark Strong
Sir John Conroy -
Jesper Christensen
Baron Stockmar -
Harriet Walter
Queen Adelaide -
Jeanette Hain
Baroness Lehzen -
Julian Glover
Duke of Wellington -
Michael Maloney
Sir Robert Peel -
Michiel Huisman
Ernest -
Genevieve O'Reilly
Lady Flora Hastings -
Rachael Stirling
Duchess of Sutherland -
Morven Christie
Watson -
Josef Altin
Edward Oxford -
Tom Brooke
Lord Chamberlain -
Michaela Brooks
Young Victoria Age 11 -
Grace Smith
Young Victoria Age 5 -
Sophie Roberts
Lady Portman -
Charlie Clarke
The Newsboy -
Robert Cambrinus
Kammerrher Turner -
Tom Fisher
Lord Chamberlain -
Sean Dingwall
Footman -
Alice Glover
Duchess of Montrose -
David Horovitch
Sir James Clark -
Jo Hartley
Landlady -
Bernard Lloyd
Archbishop of Canterbur... -
Johnny Lyne-Perkis
Earl of Derby -
Iain Mitchell
Speaker -
David Robb
Whig Member -
Malcolm Sinclair
Charles Kemble -
Julia St. John
Marchioness of Hastings -
Thomas Michael Voss
Dancing Master -
Julie McDonnell
Lady in Waiting -
Liam Scott
Duke of Sussex -
Mark Beesley
Opera Singer -
Richard Quine
Opera Singer -
Nick Chopping
Footman -
Rowley Irlam
Footman -
Kelly Dent
Cupid, Riding Double 'V... -
C.C. Smiff
Riding Double 'Albert' -
Mark Henson
Falling Bishop -
Dominic Preece
Officer of Escort -
Peter White
Apprehending Pedestrian -
Lenny Woodcock
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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.
Top CriticThis 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.
The way this story is told is just basically by people reading letters in voiceover while you look at beautiful furniture.
I wonder: Was the director of The Young Victoria wearing a corset right alongside Emily Blunt? This is one tightly constricted period drama.
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.
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.
Emily Blunt joins the ranks of great screen monarchs.
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.
Ostvarenje koje istinsko zadovoljstvo mo%u017Ee pru%u017Eiti jedino publici koja se sastoji od najzagri%u017Eenijih rojalista
Quite a bit dry, even for a historical drama.
Blunt's performance, restrained and fiery, holds together the personal and the political threads of this handsomely mounted drama.
Consistently engaging, with an appealing sense of relevance for today's audiences.
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.
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.
Rich in personal drama, political intrigue and royal pageantry but also satisfyingly compact.
The life of a princess isn't necessarily a fairy tale.
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.
A passable depiction of what looks to be a rather unspectacular slice of history.
...worth seeing for Emily Blunt's radiant performance as Victoria and for the eye-popping recreations of life and ritual at the English court.
Plush, plodding stroll through the dowager queen's early years
A full package period romance, from the performances to the costumes to the lush setting and the rich score.
If Molly Ringwold had taken a shot at 'respectability' in a Merchant Ivory Oscar-bait film, this might have been the perfect screenplay.
"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.
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.
Audience Reviews for The Young Victoria
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- Prince Albert: Good morning, wife.
- Queen Victoria: Good morning.
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- Queen Victoria: I don't mind Shubert.
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- Queen Adelaide: You are confusing stubbornness with strength, my dear. And I warn you, the people will not like you for it.
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- 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!
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Foreign Titles
- Victoria : les jeunes années d'une reine (FR)
- La reina Victoria (ES)
