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I really liked this movie. Judi Dench plays Victoria with both the arrogance and very touching vulnerability that makes her character of the bereaved monarch both credible and poignant. The very talented Billy Connolly plays Mr. Brown, the queen's horse tender and her eventual friend and confidante. Connolly gives Brown a very tough, crusty exterior, and expertly exposes the tenderness underneath the man's roughness. Dench and Connolly work beautifully together, and as the movie progresses, they forge a very believable relationship between their two characters.
One note for Gerry Butler fans: You may be disappointed that your beloved actor is only in a few brief scenes. He is mainly there for exposition, wears a very bad wig, and really has no huge impact on the story. You might best spend your money on another Gerry film, unless you're set on seeing him cavort in the water au natural(for a few seconds).
For everyone else: This movie, while taking a few historical liberties, is based on real events. It is a well made film, with fine cinematography, good scripting, and excellent acting. It is a quiet, quite enjoyable story. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in period films, character studies, or just plain good entertainment.
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Mrs Brown is a beautifully filmed story of the (possible) relationship between Queen Victoria and her long time servant, the Scott, Mr Brown. He came into her life when she needed someone to lean on after the death of Albert. Although she outgrew him eventually, they were close, if not always near, friends until he died.
The performance by Billy Connelly is wonderful and he pushes back against the headstrong Queen initialy and heart rending when it is necessary for him to take a back seat.
Judy Dench is delightful as the mourning but stubborn Queen Victoria.
The first appearance in film of Gerard Butler, another delightful Scot, as Archie, the brother to Mr Brown, is delightful for "Gerry" fans around the world.
An interesting tale with many possibilities. Ladies, a tissue would not go astray if you are that way inclined.
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After Prince Albert died in 1859, his memory was so alive to Queen Victoria, and her mourning for him was so dramatic that she virtually retired from the throne. Three years after Prince Albert's death, while the Queen was living in seclusion at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, John Brown was hired to tend her horses. A rough, virile man, far more accustomed to life in the wild than in royal castles, Brown treated the queen with respect, but he also treated her as a fellow human being, refusing to obey court etiquette while encouraging her to improve her health and spirits by riding in the hills. In time, he came to be her confidante, so much so that the royal family became alarmed at their relationship and members of Parliament began referring to her, mockingly, as "Mrs. Brown."
Judi Dench, in one of her best roles, is a wonderfully sympathetic Queen Victoria--haughty with those who try to control her, angry with those who cross her, and vulnerable to someone like Brown, who understands her loneliness and is determined to protect her. Billy Connolly is perfect as John Brown--rough, craggy-faced, full of life, and unafraid to tell the queen exactly what he thinks, a trait the queen comes to respect. Scenes between them show the queen in all her reserve slowly responding to Brown's honesty and inherent charm, and though there was no affair (though all the film publicity suggests otherwise), the depth of their emotional attachment is obvious.
Filmed on location in the Scottish highlands and at Duns Castle on the Scottish Borders in 1998, this production features wonderfully intimate scenes of everyday royal life, including the full retinue of servants and ladies-in-waiting, the queen's enormous family, the impatient Prince of Wales, and many luminaries of history--especially Benjamin Disraeli (Antony Sher) and Lord Henry Ponsonby (Geoffrey Palmer), both of whom try to act in the queen's best interests while also protecting their own. As the queen responds to Mr. Brown's care, the slow, subtle effects on her everyday life become clear to the viewer through the remarkably acted scenes between Dench and Connolly. Dench won many Best Actress awards for her role here, and Connolly was nominated for an almost equal number for his role.
A gorgeous costume drama with a large cast, the film focuses on just two people--Dench and Connolly, both of whom are so overwhelming in their roles that everything else becomes peripheral. n Mary Whipple
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This is a lovely look at an historic period. Well acted, beautifully filmed and certainly worth your time.
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I have been watching this movie over and over on VHS. This movie is a historical piece that people can really get into and really feel for the people involved. Dench and Connoly are amazing. The death of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria was devistating and it is really protrayed well on screen.
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