Monday, July 16, 2012

The Madness of King George (Nicholas Hytner, 1994)

They showed this on TV and I think I decided to check it out because I liked the title. Thought it was just some light costume drama/comedy with usual politics/romance/sex entanglements.

But it is quite good and in a way serious stuff as it deals with actual medical condition that our poor king suffered for a few months. Real drama is of course in exploitation of his illness by his close family and some other court ass holes.

Liked the ending with that reading of Shakespeare. And Rupert Everett is pretty cool, he almost steals the movie from Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren.

6/10

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