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Sitting in the living room at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the royal family of this film seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class; they might be the Monty Python gang in drab drag. Yet despite their sternest efforts to keep up the moat bridge, Elizabeth (Helen Mirren) and her blinkered clan are about to learn how little they understood the appeal of the woman who, they think, betrayed them...
...royals in The Queen, the first impression the movie gives is one of cool, devastating satire. Or perhaps Elizabeth and her family really are as drab as the film paints them! They don't aspire to glamour; they renounce it. Cloistered at Balmoral, knitting and nattering in their plain wool sweaters, caring more for their pets than for their children, the Royal Family seems a parody of the pettiness and insularity of the English middle class. They might be the extended clan of Wallace and Gromit or cousins of Mrs. Proposition and Mrs. Conclusion, the shrill suburban housewives from Monty...
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...LIVINGSTONES Inspired by her native Nice's shingle beach, French designer St?phanie Marin's line of giant pebble "poufs"?which come in varying sizes?add a surrealist touch to interiors. Covered in soft new wool and dyed natural rock colors, they come in free-form cushion and couch shapes. Buy one, or to get the full-fledged outdoorsy effect, a whole roomful. smarin.net...
...LIVINGSTONES Inspired by her native Nice's shingle beach, French designer Stéphanie Marin's line of giant pebble "poufs" - which come in varying sizes - add a surrealist touch to interiors. Covered in soft[an error occurred while processing this directive] new wool and dyed natural rock colors, they come in free-form cushion and couch shapes. Buy one, or to get the full-fledged outdoorsy effect, a whole roomful. smarin.net...