The Young Victoria

Genre: Drama, Romance, Biopic

Language: English

Director: Jean-Marc Vallee

Cast: Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) , Rupert Friend (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), Jim Broadbent (Inkheart), Emily Blunt (The Jane Austen Book Club)

Runtime: 104 minutes

Official Movie Site: http://www.theyoungvictoria.co.uk/

Plot:

The movie will chronicle Victoria's early rise to power, focusing on the romantic courtship and her legendary marriage to Prince Albert. The film begins in 1836, the year before Victoria ascended the throne, and ends in 1840.

Watched the movie on 22 May night @ Cathay Cineleisure.

The whole story attracted me. As I was too used to the Chinese-styled Emperor dynasty stories, the Royal families stories of English drew my full attention.

The beginning of the movie, the narration by actress - Emily Blunt who portrayed Victoria, said “Even a palace can be a prison", and suddenly I realised, while commoners envied the Royal families glamorous life, the Royal families could be red-eyed the commoners' freedom.

The film was colourful in terms of costume and dialogues. It brought audiences back in time, 173 years ago and learned how the Royalties behaved and lived their life back then. I got interested and do some reading to learn more about the Victoria Era, also about the timeline of the British Monarchs.

ah-deng says: 4 /5 Surprisingly, it is not boring at all. Very recommended for those who likes romance with a touch of history flavour.