the Princess Diana story is given an art house makeover in this infuriating mixed bag, one that veers wildly from moments of dreamy intrigue to risible scenes of camp
the film, to offer an empathetic, intelligent insight into the prison of fame and privilege, with Kristen Stewart offering a lead performance that is brittle, tender, sometimes playful and not a little uncanny
the Chilean director's film.. consistently brilliant and tremendously moving; Pablo Larrain's sublime new film about Diana Spencer, in which she is played by a career-best Kristen Stewart, is a fitting and fantastic tribute
Pablo Lorrain's Spencer is one of the greatest pleasures of the shamelessly pleasurable, archly self-aware, high camp masterpiece; All the right people are going to hate "Spencer". That's just how good it is
Pablo Larrain's approach to the material is rich and intoxicating and altogether magnificent; Kristen Stewart effectively captures the agony of a woman so programmed and insulated that she feels she has no escape and has lost sight of who she is
Kristen Stewart's febrile, sensitive performance and Larraín's trademark lyricism give it an emotional kick that such predecessors lacked; She's fidgety, charming, impulsive and often funny – an immediately ingratiating presence
Kristen Stewart's exemplary performance elevates this intriguing and visually stunning portrait of a young woman standing in a hurricane, looking for a rock to cling to
Kristen Stewart is a fantastic choice for this Diana, superb at conveying emotion through small expressions. She radiates charisma befitting the woman herself; She clearly relishes Diana's rebellious nature, fighting back against the establishment that t
Kristen Stewart does terrific work as this royal-turned-scream-queen, but one does get the sense that she could be even better were "Spencer" to allow the character to go as wild as everything else does around her
in Pablo Larrain's elegant, gothic fable... showing how the dream of being a rich and beautiful princess curdled into a nightmare might sound like a hard sell, but "Spencer" pulls it off in heightened, claustrophobic and truly decadent fashion
a magnificent movie about Princess Diana and how she freed herself from the life she chose, the life that made her a star, and the life that was killing her; Pablo Larrain has made an enthralling drama of Diana's moment of truth and transition
"Spencer" is a cracked portrait of hard-won liberation; Billed as "a fable from a true tragedy", this is a speculative study of a woman in extremis, played by an incandescent Kristen Stewart