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Admirable film.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's VE 1945 in London. Princesses Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) and Margaret (Bel Powley) are eager to be out with the people. The King (Rupert Everett) is worried about his speech and reluctantly allows the girls to go out until 1am. To the girls' dismay, the Queen (Emily Watson) assigns them military chaperons and organizes a stuffy party. Margaret sneaks out and Elizabeth is desperate to find her with the help of bitter anti-establishment airman Jack Hodges (Jack Reynor) who is out AWOL.This movie reminds me of 'Adventures in Babysitting' in both good and bad ways. It's a couple of clueless teens getting into trouble in the big city. It's light weight but mixed with some very dark situations. Margaret is cartoonishly idiotic. Elizabeth's cluelessness is a little more annoying and pompous. While Margaret is fake stupid, Elizabeth's posh attitude is too broad and feels unreal. The romance hits a few speed bumps but it gets to the right places. Sarah Gadon is charismatic but she's a little old to play the teenager future queen. This rom-com works well at times and less so at other times.

I like watching movies where the audience is in on the big secret and the other characters have virtually no clue until they discover who is behind the mask.This sequence is done over and over in this movie and it's fun to watch the look of surprise on their faces when they find out who P1 and P2 are.Not disclosing anything at all when I say this as the title already gives it away.Nice ending too - not too over the top - just right.You will enjoy this 1) If you have a sense of humor 2) You weren't rooting for the National Socialists in the War and 3) are not too upset about the British Royal Family even though they were 100% German from 1711 to 1901. That is the source of a joke or two in the movie.

No spoilers here... except that I loved this movie. I laughed all the way through it. What a joy!! Elizabeth was just perfect. I loved her arc in this film. Timid, not yet assertive. And as the night rolls along she learns from watching others until the end of the movie when we see our future queen learns how to take command, but with grace. And when she is lost in the crowd what I saw in her eyes was bewilderment and awe and a slight over-whelmed expression. A great performance. And her two official escorts were wonderful to watch. I wasn't too sure about Jack, though. I understand he needed to have some flaws, but I didn't feel by the end of the movie that he had a strong enough arc. But Margaret was perfect. I am so happy she was portrayed the way she was in the film. How fun!

"This might be the only chance she gets." It is V.E. Day and the entire country of England is celebrating the victory over Hitler. Princesses Elizabeth (Gadon) and Margaret (Powley) want to celebrate like the rest of the country rather than stay home in the palace. When permission is given they are excited. When they give their chaperons the slip the two experience something that most royalty can't. True anonymity, and all the troubles that come with it. Before I begin I know I am not the target audience for this so take my review with a grain of salt. That said, the movie wasn't as bad as I was expecting, but it was still fairly generic and really felt like a PBS movie. I'm not sure how historically accurate this was but I have a hard time thinking it's even 50% right. That fact aside I was actually able to watch this without my mind wandering too much. The movie wasn't terrible but it wasn't something that made me rethink the genre either. This is watchable but really just flat and generic. If you like movies that are essentially period pieces or a fan of Downton Abbey then you will enjoy this much more than I did. Overall, not as bad as I was expecting but nothing all that amazing and really just too generic and flat for me to even have a real opinion about. I give this a C+.