Diana (film)

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Diana
Diana poster.jpg
UK poster
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Produced by Robert Bernstein
Douglas Rae
Screenplay by Stephen Jeffreys
Based on Diana: Her Last Love
by Kate Snell
Starring Naomi Watts
Naveen Andrews
Music by Keefus Ciancia
David Holmes
Cinematography Rainer Klausmann
Edited by Hans Funck
Production
company
Ecosse Films
Le Pacte
Film i Väst
Filmgate Films
Scope Pictures
MP Film
Distributed by Entertainment One
Release dates
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  • 5 September 2013 (2013-09-05) (Premiere)
  • 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time
 113 minutes[1]
Country United Kingdom
France
Sweden
Belgium
Language English
Budget $15 million[2]
Box office $21.7 million[3]

Diana is a 2013 biographical drama film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, about the last two years of the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.[4] The screenplay is based on Kate Snell's 2001 book Diana: Her Last Love, and was written by Stephen Jeffreys. Anglo-Australian actress Naomi Watts plays the title role of Diana.

The world premiere of the film was held in London on 5 September 2013.[5][6] It was released in the UK on 20 September 2013.[7] The film received negative reviews from both the British and American critics.

Plot

The film depicts the last two years of the princess's life, beginning with events when Diana (Naomi Watts) divorces Charles, Prince of Wales. She falls in love with Pakistani Heart Surgeon, Dr Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). The film depicts her historic tours of Angola, in her campaign against the use of land mines. Trips to causes in Australia, Pakistan, New York City, Bosnia, Italy and ultimately Paris, are also shown, with recreations of the fashions she wore in real life. Her desire for a life with Khan ends due to his wish for a private life and objections to her celebrity. The film depicts her dating of Egyptian Dodi Fayed as an attempt to make Khan jealous, but it ends with the car crash that killed Diana, Fayed and Fayed's driver in the Pont Alma Tunnel, in Paris – however there is no re-enactment of the crash scene.

Cast

Production

The screenplay which is based on Kate Snell's 2001 book Diana: Her Last Love[9] was written by Stephen Jeffreys. Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae are the producers of the movie for Ecosse Films.[10] British actress Naomi Watts plays the title role.[11]

Key scenes involving Diana and Dodi Fayed on his family yacht, Jonikal, were filmed on the 45m Luxury Charter Yacht Princess Iolanthe.[12] The opening and closing scenes at the Imperial Suite at the Paris Ritz were filmed at Fetcham Park House in Fetcham, Surrey.[13]

Reception

The film has received overwhelmingly negative reviews.[6] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 8% approval rating based on reviews from 97 critics and an average score of 3.5/10. The consensus states: "Naomi Watts tries hard in the title role, but Diana buries her efforts under a shoddy script and clumsy direction."[14] On Metacritic, the film has a 35 (out of 100), based on 28 reviews.[15]

David Edwards from The Mirror said it was a "cheap and cheerless effort that looks like a Channel 5 mid-week matinee" and that "Wesley Snipes in a blonde wig would be more convincing", awarding the film one star out of five.[16] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian also awarded it one star out of five and called the film "car crash cinema".[17]

Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York called Watts's performance "extraordinary" and gave the film 3 stars out of 5, calling it "a restrained biopic that affords its subject the romantic privacy that life denied her."[18] Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times said that "once again Watts supplies the wattage" but that her performance is "frighteningly isolated... the compensating passion in a torpid drama."[19] Jim Schembri of 3AW praised Watts' "impressive performance" but remarked that the film "could actually have done with another half-hour putting more meat onto the bones of these underdeveloped chapters of her story. "[20] Dominic Corry of flicks.co.nz called the film "bad in the blandest way possible" and lamented that "Watts is let down by the Mills & Boon-level script".[21] Fionnuala Halligan of Screen Daily also criticised the writing, saying that Watts' "brave performance should not be under-estimated given the poverty of the dialogue and the pressure of the part."[22]

Naomi Watts received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress for her work in both this film and Movie 43, where she lost to Tyler Perry for his performance in drag in A Madea Christmas.

See also

References

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