I just watched this because Rev said I should as I would like it.
Answer: yes, I did like it.
The Princess - someone who I looked up to as a teen especially in her work helping those less fortunate than herself and others - was an example to me in my formative years and I am a blood donor and an organ donor because of her.
I remember crying when I heard that she had died and the circumstances of her passing - like the horrors of my birthday on September 11 2001 - still leave too many questions unanswered.
The Queen is one of the coldest human beings I have ever witnessed: when the Princess died, she stayed silent for five days and only spoke up under huge public pressure: in fact, the Princess' former employer said she heard someone at Diana's funeral say "I hope the old b**** drops dead tomorrow." Taking five days to speak publicly about the death of your ex daughter in law and the mother of your grandchildren isn't just cold: that is Antarctic cold.
The film depicts Diana as she was by all accounts, a complex, flawed but genuinely good person - most of us qualify for that, especially me and Kristen Stewart's performance is magical and more than a little spooky when you see how much she resembles Diana: the rest of the cast playing the Royal Family play them as they should: a bunch of entitled, pampered morons.
Like with the ending of
Ghostbusters: AfterLife, I got a little teary-eyed when Diana leaves with her sons, finds a note in her car saying "It's not just me who loves you" from her dresser Maggie and the three of them leave the castle to the tune of
All I Need Is A Miracle by Mike and The Mechanics.
SPOILER ALERT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugUVRDTdoLc
