Spencer
The film is about Princess Diana's factual crisis during the Christmas of 1991, as she considers divorcing Prince Charles and leaving the British royal family. Spencer is not based on the true story of Princess Diana directly but was rather inspired by her life.
People have been fascinated by Princess Diana since her storybook rise from ordinary woman to being princess of England. It seemed like a dream come true, a childhood wishes to be chosen from unimportance by a prince and elevated into a privileged world of wealth and power. Except Diana Spencer's real experiences were far from a dream.
Diana pushed back against the overbearing influence of her powerful in-laws until her tragic end in 1997 fleeing from paparazzi in pursuit. She was a figure of charm, idealism, and pity, and the question always remained how well anyone ever truly knew this woman. This is also a story of a woman's declining mental and physical health. There was not a level of support for Diana, besides her own children. Diana's life is micromanaged to an absurd degree, including which outfits she is to wear on which occasions. Her marriage to Charles is unhappy. Charles purchased his wife and mistress the same pearl necklace. Diana decides to wear the pearls in defiance, proving to Charles and his family that she doesn't care and will hold her head high, but at dinner, the pearls become hot to her, and she fumbles to rip them off.
I found that Stewart played the role to her strengths, and she delivers a very good performance deserving of awards worth. Her accent is near flawless, and the performance feels deeply adopted. The movie is filled with quiet moments and descriptions that can be unpacked by some and skipped over by others. Spencer is a historical fiction psychological drama film. I found Spencer to be an enjoyable though solid character study with enough space and consideration to dig through the layers.
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