The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009-03-04 • 1h 45m • PG •
Drama History Romance
7.2
User Score
1030 votes

"Love rules all."

Overview

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

Jean-Marc Vallée

Director

Julian Fellowes

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$29,196,409

Runtime

1h 45m

Release Date

2009-03-04

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-06-01T19:34:50.317Z

Historically - as far as the cinema is concerned - Queen Victoria was born well into her seventies. Rarely has anyone tried to depict her early years and sadly, this is a rather shallow attempt so to do. Emily Blunt portrays the Queen with some fortitude but the rather soppy performances from Rupert Friend and Paul Bettany don't give us anything like a proper comprehension of the struggle she had, as a (young) woman, to establish herself at the head of an empire riddled with chauvinism, ambition and pomposity. Miranda Richardson as her mother takes up some of the slack in this lacklustre effort with the occasional, wise, contribution from Harriet Walter as the dowager Queen Adelaide welcome too. If it is a love story, then it just about works - anything else is just too far out of reach.