Diana
Entertainment One | Release Date: November 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
14
Negative:
13
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 31, 2013
Anchored by Ms. Watts’s sympathetic performance, it humanizes the woman behind the smile, the helmet hair and the myth. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 31, 2013
Flawed yet intimate, Diana respects its subject's hopes, strengths, weaknesses and legacy and, in the extraordinary Watts, boasts a formidably empathetic advocate. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 29, 2013
Watts’s work is extraordinary, sometimes keying off the same illicit register as "Mulholland Drive"; she risks being goofy, awkward and bratty. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaNov 1, 2013
In truth, the only hazardous material to be found in Diana - the title role assumed bravely, if mistakenly, by Naomi Watts - is the screenplay. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 31, 2013
It's a gallant battle against flawed material, and Hirschbiegel fights it to a draw. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 31, 2013
There’s a germ of a smart biopic in Diana; the problem is that it’s tucked away behind a clunky structure and even clunkier dialogue. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 31, 2013
It’s a fractured fairy tale, penned in clunky strokes. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonOct 29, 2013
Diana is a Lifetime movie in sensible pumps, at once too silly to be taken seriously, yet so self-serious it rarely allows us to giggle. Read full review
42
Film.comKate ErblandNov 2, 2013
The result is a film that grows worse with each passing minute, as the vibrant and complex Diana is reduced down to a daft, dumbstruck love addict, a biopic that tries desperately to humanize an already beloved and relatable human being and makes her look comically idiotic and empty in the process. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 8, 2013
The story of her life is pretty well-known. But in Diana, it’s not particularly well told. Read full review
40
The DissolveKeith PhippsOct 31, 2013
The amusements here are mostly of the unintentional kind. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonSep 11, 2013
Halfway between a guilty pleasure and a missed opportunity, it makes the crucial mistake of treating curious viewers like deferential subjects, demanding far more sympathy than it deserves. Read full review
40
The TelegraphDavid GrittenSep 9, 2013
It’s hardly fascinating. It doesn’t offer new facts about the Princess’s life. And it certainly doesn’t explain her complexity or contradictions. Read full review
40
VarietyCharles GantSep 9, 2013
While mostly swerving past the pitfall of tastelessness, this sincerely intended account of the last two years of Princess Diana’s life risks an even more perilous roadblock: dullness. Read full review
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