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Genre : Drama
Release Date : November 09, 2012
MPAA Rating : R
Duration : 128 minute(s)
Production Budget : -
Studio : Magnolia Pictures
Official Site : http://www.aroyalaffairthemovie.com/
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while it's lavish and lush in all the expected costume-drama ways, A Royal Affair never bogs down in period detail
by Ella Taylor [NPR ]
we are drawn undeniably to well-crafted beauty, power wielded for good and romance built upon authenticity, and "Royal Affair" has all three in bounds
Review rate : A-
by Amanda Mae Meyncke [Film.com ]
though humdrum period detail and monotonous pacing too often leave the proceedings feeling only partially aroused
by Nick Schager [Village Voice ]
the strength of the script is its focus on events not as historical chronicle but as the direct experience of these three complicated central characters
by David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter ]
the movie takes an unexpected direction after the affair begins
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]
the film stretches credibility and historical fact in suggesting that she was the driving force behind the enlightened reforms of the short-lived "Struensee era."
by Alissa Simon [Variety ]
succumbs to many of the vices of the period film: didacticism, excessive length and the tendency to read history as a set of moral diagrams
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
its ambitious scope in terms of subject matter, its intelligence, its brilliant cast of actors and its lavish production values
by Robert Beames [Beames on Film ]
for the majority of its long running time, it really is just a comfortably-rendered period drama
Review rate : B
by Jessica Kiang [indieWire ]
employing a classically romantic sweep and traditional narrative style which befits the story
by Mike Goodridge [Screen Daily ]