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...AMERICAS, TWO EDWARDSES Elizabeth Edwards' book Saving Graces hits the best-seller list right out of the gate. Murmurs about a run for office abound. Hey, after surviving cancer, losing a race would be easy. What's more, she is just as appealing as her husband John--and 30% less scripted...
...Elizabeth becomes a deeply flawed but sympathetic woman unable to make the decisions to properly lead the state. Frears structures the piece like a trial, allowing the viewer to render his own verdict from pieces that can lead to only one conclusion. Henri Matisse used to use a similar device of leaving details blank for the viewer to fill-in mentally, thus creating a more personal and powerful connection than the complete canvas could have achieved...
...midst of attempts to get Elizabeth to show sympathy, she declares she will continue with “restrained grief and private mourning. That’s what the rest of the world has always admired about...
It’s a profound misunderstanding of the modern world. The people now look up to the “chorus line of soap stars and homosexuals” that mourned gracefully at the funeral. As Elizabeth finally changes, she truly understands Shakespeare’s line, quoted at the beginning of the film, “uneasy lies the head that wears a crown...
Bottom Line: This film intelligently and entertainingly explores a previously untreated passage in the Diana mythos. It presents a balanced portrayal of the enigmatic Queen Elizabeth II that, paradoxically, can induce only one conclusion: off with the head of state...