History’s most unlikely friendship.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Judi Dench, Olivia Williams, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar |
Director |
Stephen Frears |
Screenplay | Lee Hall, from the book by Shrabani Basu |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Editing | Melanie Oliver |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | BBC Films, Cross Street Films, Perfect World Pictures, Working Title Films |
IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Biographical drama |
Language | Mild to moderate, infrequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low, very infrequent |
Prejudice | Fairly frequent, low impact |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and language |
Runtime | 112 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Suggested age limit 11 + |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane The story of a forbidden friendship. | 10 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Hierdie Victoria sal jy wil ontmoet. | 15 | |
Cape Times Mehboob Bawa Right royal friendship - two worlds meet. | 10 | |
24.com Gabi Zietsman Victoria and Abdul is a slow-paced film with little in the way of dramatic twists and climaxes, but the quiet introspections and conversation between the two leads more than makes up for the lack of excitement in the plot. | 15 | |
Metacritic.com 25 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Victoria & Abdul reunites Dame Judi Dench with the role of Queen Victoria -- which is all this period drama needs to overcome its imbalanced narrative. | 13 | |
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Dench is fabulous in fascinating but underdeveloped story. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Rottentomatoes users 3619 users | 12 | |
IMDB 154 Netizens | 12 | |
Average .. 61% | 12 |