Wide release 10/6/17
Viewed Sunday, 10/15/17 at Gettysburg Majestic with Claudia
IMBd: 6.9/10
IMBd: 6.9/10
RT Critic: 68 Audience: 72
Critic's Consensus:
Critic's Consensus:
Cag: 6/Awesome 5/Loved it 4/Liked it a lot 3/Liked it 2/It was okay 1/Didn’t like it
Directed by Stephen Frears
Focus Features
Based at least partly on a true story, which the Brits hid for many years!
Actors: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal (and Dumbledore plays the Prime Minister of England!)
My comments: While watching, although I'd heard that this story is based on fact, I wondered how much. After getting home I did a little research, and was delighted to find that at least some of the story is based on fact. The humor included, whether real or not, was excellent. I discovered that Abdul spends over 10 years with Queen Victoria. I wish the movie had showed this much passage of time more effectively. Judi Dench ROCKS! Ali Fazal, who plays Abdul, is apparently a Bollywood star. He did a really good job with the role, I enjoyed very much watching his expressive face. One reviewer summed it up pretty well....it's how joy and humanity are combined that makes it. How much you think is real and how much is fake is up to the beholder. It's a good movie no matter which it is! Recommended.
RT/ IMDb Summary: The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.
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