Diana-2013

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel

Starring Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews

Scott’s Review #63

Reviewed June 24, 2014

Grade: C+

Assuming all the details of Diana (2013) are accurate, this film was an interesting account of Princess Diana’s last two years of life and her transition from married royalty to single woman, all the while being the most famous woman on earth.

While the film was interesting, I felt something was missing and it was not as gripping as I had hoped.

I also did not quite buy Naomi Watts as Diana. Her mannerisms were off to me and the real Diana was taller.

Also, I didn’t quite believe that Diana could throw on a brown wig and walk freely around London unrecognized.

There was no chemistry between Watts and Naveen Andrews (TV’s Lost), who played a successful heart surgeon with whom Diana begins a romance.

These criticisms do not mean the film was a total failure,(there was a sincere likability and charisma that Watts brought to the role), but not as good as one would have hoped.