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Metascore
29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe Young Victoria has a subtler flow than you might expect, and at times it's calmer than you may like. Director Jean-Marc Vallée's images have a creamy stateliness, but this is no gilded? princess fantasy.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertEmily Blunt makes Victoria as irresistible a young woman as Dame Judi Dench made her an older one in "Mrs. Brown" (1997).
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyWell-groomed, upscale, three-hankie entertainment for the “Masterpiece Theater” crowd.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttEmily Blunt, one of the best and most glamorous actresses to come out of England in recent years, makes an unusual but highly successful choice for the young Victoria.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Young Victoria feels like a wasted opportunity and is among the least impressive in a long line of motion pictures about British royalty.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanAn elegant, entertaining, informative picture with a gallery of vivid supporting turns, this provisionally crowns the winning Blunt as a Brit-pic star - but it skimps a bit on the bodice-ripping, blood and thunder.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneFrom the start, it feels handsome, steady, and stuck; the ties that bind the historical bio-pic are no looser than those which constrain a royal personage, and the frustration to which Victoria would later admit is legible in the face of Emily Blunt, who takes the title role.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceMan, British heritage cinema can be dull when assembly-lined for the export market.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearVallée and his lead get high marks for kittenish revisionism. In all other respects, however, this movie is indistinguishable from every other throne-and-scepter biopic to hit the screen.
- 30Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallEmily Blunt’s Victoria and Rupert Friend’s Albert come across like museum mannequins – utterly devoid of any genuine passion.