This is a very early Helena Bonham Carter film, she looks younger than she did in "A Room With A View", which purports to have been released the year before this.
After seeing Young Victoria the night before I saw this film the two really seem to be a pair needing to be seen in close proximity. Both deal with a teenage monarch, their ascent to the throne, and those that would manipulate them. In this case, far more tragic then the story of Victoria and Albert.
Always good to see Patrick Stewart treading the boards with Shakespearean verve, though if you turn your back you could almost imagine Brian Blessed bombasting his way through the dialogue.
The fight choreography with Carey Elwes was a little less convincing than John Steeds fighting in a regular episode of The Avengers. However, the rest of the film was well lit, dressed, decorated and shot.
Definitely worth a look see.
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