"The Young Victoria"

verdict: 8/10

year: 2009

directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée

~ you might think this is just another history waiting to be told or maybe an epic film worth watching. well, for me it's both.

For someone like me, who loves watching this kind of setting and era but has no idea about history... well, this would definitely be a good film to start with.

It talks about queen victoria during her golden age, only 18 when she became the queen.she was considered to be inexperienced, fragile and still too innocent to govern, but her cool temper, quick thinking and vision somehow gave way and made the people realizedthat she's prepared to take this reign and with the loyal aide of his husband, who's faithful, dedicated his passion and concerns to the people as well as the council member and eventually, nurtured a lot of aspects concerning the arts and some housing projectsfor the poor which were not given much attention at that time.Also considerd to be the longest reigning queen ever. She never re-married after her husband died of typhoid fever at the age of 42.

The Cast:

Emily Blunt- who also starred in the devil wears prada, portrayed queen victoria perfectly if not too well. Because, i've only seen her film twice, i still have a hard time rememberingher face and getting into her role at some scenes.

Rupert Friend- is i think one of the upcoming actors to look out for...i think he's good geman accent, he's this charismatic soul that lets you into him and he doesn't over-act his role as some actors would.

among the great cast in this film are Paul Bettany- also in The davinci code and the veterans- Jim Broadbent and Miranda Richardson.

A movie about love,history and redemption.

credits and source: allocine.fr