Grace Kelly, after several years of marriage to Prince Rainier, is feeling a little constrained when Alfred Hitchcock offers her the lead in Marnie. This coincides with France's President De Gaulle putting economic pressure on an already beleaguered Monaco, presenting Rainier with two conflicting and interlocking pressures to deal with.
I'll be honest, I didn't think this was my sort of film, based on the trailers. And that proved to be the case, though not to the extent I had feared. I was expecting a conventional biopic, but what arrived was more a tale of international intrigue. I admit that it held my attention throughout but, having seen it, I would change channels if it came up on TV. It is rather too leisurely in the telling, there are far too many closeups of Nicole Kidman, held for far too long and, for my money, I never felt that I was watching Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier: Kidman and Tim Roth never really got inside their skins.
I'll be honest, I didn't think this was my sort of film, based on the trailers. And that proved to be the case, though not to the extent I had feared. I was expecting a conventional biopic, but what arrived was more a tale of international intrigue. I admit that it held my attention throughout but, having seen it, I would change channels if it came up on TV. It is rather too leisurely in the telling, there are far too many closeups of Nicole Kidman, held for far too long and, for my money, I never felt that I was watching Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier: Kidman and Tim Roth never really got inside their skins.