Review of the movie Princess of Monaco. Missed Opportunities (Topic)

The story of Grace Kelly — an ideal plot for a fantastic, nothing less, biopic cinema. The love story of the Queen of the Dream Factory Grace and the handsome Prince Rainier, the marriage of Hollywood and the European beau monde. And not just the beau monde, but the Grimaldi dynasty ruling in Monaco — stronghold and symbol of independence and freedom in Europe from the beginning of the 13th century. From the outside it seems that it is impossible not to squeeze a masterpiece out of such material, nevertheless, the project participants succeeded.

The story focuses mainly on the short period of the life of Grace (Nicole Kidman) and Rainier ( Tim Roth) from their wedding in 1956 until the early 1960s. Grace, a Cinderella from a family of wealthy builders in Philadelphia, mastered the most difficult and difficult role of the monarch's wife in her life, and the reign of Prince Rainier during this period was faced with political and economic difficulties, exacerbated by political intrigues within the family. Wanting to catch up on both the love and political front, director Olivier Dahan and screenwriter Arash Amel miss both. Apparently, the movie does not suffer from the accuracy of reproducing events and equally delicacy, because it is unkindly received by the ruling family of Monaco and sharply commented by Prince Albert, the son of Grace and Rainier.

There is practically no loving and a loving, all the more passionate, harmonious and happy couple who, with a friendly team, built a new modern look for Monaco: finance, charity, tourism, car racing, gambling. Such a duet remains behind the scenes, we are offered to keep it in mind. There is almost no frame wherever Rainier and Grace were just the two of them, let alone something personal and intimate. Once Tim Roth watches, without even going to bed, as Grace sleeps. Once he meets her in full dress in order to escort her into the hall to the guests who have gathered for an official ball under the auspices of the Red Cross society. In the remaining time, Grace learns French, the rules of etiquette, gets acquainted with the history of the Grimaldi house, communicates with the court schemers and Padre Francis Tucker (Frank Langella), who, following the script, recommended Grace to Prince Rainier and arranged their marriage. People from Grace's past life, the era before Rainier — flicker in the frame as a pale shadow; Alfred " Hitch " Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths), Keri Grant.

It's hard to come up with a less controversial on-screen couple than Tim Roth and Nicole Kidman. Mouth, a talented and unusual dramatic actor, does not feel too comfortable and not quite out of place. This is not an energetic politician who led the country to the heights of prosperity, but an introverted and thoughtful person who manages to smoke in 103 minutes of screen time seems to be no less than a block of cigarettes, speaks little, and feels awkward in the presence of his wife. In any case, there is no spark and soul between Roth and Kidman.

Kidman's choice for the role of Grace seems strange. The cheerful and open-minded Grace was the object of universal love, a strong personal magnet and a cult figure both in Hollywood and among the people of Monaco. Kidman is the snow queen and the thing in itself. She plays the Princess of Monaco with more pleasure than the wife of an English railroad worker (`` Retribution ''), but she lacks the effect of presence and feeling, and instead of a cute girl, we are offered a glamorous mannequin. 46-year-old Kidman, looking at the world a little casually from a height of her 180 cm, is by definition not very convincing, portraying the feminine, sly, vulnerable, explosive, in a word, alive Grace Kelly, who is 26 at the beginning of the movie and 34 at the end. In a recent interview, Kidman shifted the responsibility for the movie’s failure to the producers and expressed regret that her busyness did not allow her to accept the invitation of Prince Albert II of Monaco to `` explain to Albert, Stephanie and Caroline (ed .: Albert's sisters) what our movie was about and what we wanted to show it. ” It follows from this maxim that the movie does not speak for itself, and that what is happening in it is vague and not obvious.

In the picture there is a series of well-known personalities — already mentioned above Alfred Hitchcock, General de Gaulle, opera goddess, voice of the century Maria Callas, Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis — all to offensive as extras without any bright memorable touches. It is a real pity that the creative potential of the wonderful actors Frank Langella and Derek Jacoby remained forcedly unfulfilled.

Obviously and weighty in the movie is one thing — 30 million of the budget was spent on the business, or rather you can see what, and allowed to create a good environment. The classic original Cartier Grace jewelery has been reproduced once again by Cartier for the movie. The production designers and costume designers did their best. Many beautiful views of Monaco from the operator Eric Gaultier, which will honor the travel guide.

And yet the movie remains lifeless, there is no spring and energy in it. For a story of great love, he is too insensitive and corny sentimental, for a political story, too pathetic and superficial, for the story of one of the brightest stars of Hollywood he is too pale, too shallow for a human drama, and allusions to palace intrigues and spy games are already quite dreary. The IMDb rating of 5.60 adequately reflects the artistic value of the project, which failed to become an event, like the recent movie about the princess of human hearts, Lady Diana. Olivier Dahan, who seven years ago made an excellent biopic about Edith Piaf, Life in Pink, seems to be in the same creative downs today as Nicole Kidman.

Nevertheless, the movie remains lifeless, there is no spring and energy in it. For a story of great love, he is too insensitive and corny sentimental, for a political story, too pathetic and superficial, for the story of one of the brightest stars of Hollywood he is too pale, too shallow for a human drama, and allusions to palace intrigues and spy games are already quite dreary. The IMDb rating of 5.60 adequately reflects the artistic value of the project, which failed to become an event, like the recent movie about the princess of human hearts, Lady Diana. Olivier Dahan, who seven years ago made an excellent biopic about Edith Piaf, `` Life in Pink, '' seems to be in the same creative downs today as Nicole Kidman.

And yet the movie remains lifeless, there is no spring and energy in it. For a story of great love, he is too insensitive and corny sentimental, for a political story, too pathetic and superficial, for the story of one of the brightest stars of Hollywood he is too pale, too shallow for a human drama, and allusions to palace intrigues and spy games are already quite dreary. The IMDb rating of 5.60 adequately reflects the artistic value of the project, which failed to become an event, like the recent movie about the princess of human hearts, Lady Diana. Olivier Dahan, who seven years ago made an excellent biopic about Edith Piaf, `` Life in Pink, '' seems to be in the same creative downs today as Nicole Kidman.

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Author: Jake Pinkman