The Young Victoria (2009)

PG03/04/2009Drama, History, Romance1h 45m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Emily Blunt

    Queen Victoria

  2. Cast 1

    Rupert Friend

    Prince Albert

  3. Cast 1

    Paul Bettany

    Lord Melbourne

  4. Cast 1

    Miranda Richardson

    Duchess of Kent

  5. Cast 1

    Jim Broadbent

    King William IV

  6. Cast 1

    Thomas Kretschmann

    King Leopold

  7. Cast 1

    Mark Strong

    Sir John Conroy

  8. Cast 1

    Jesper Christensen

    Baron Stockmar

  9. Cast 1

    Harriet Walter

    Queen Adelaide

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 effor...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$35,000,000.00

Revenue $29,196,409.00

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