The Princess

Name: The Princess
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 13, 2022
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, Prince William

2022

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HBO | Release Date: August 13, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, Prince William, Princess Anne, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Tony Blair

Summary: The Princess tells the story of Princess Diana exclusively through contemporaneous archival footage creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death. Turning the camera back on ourselves, the film illuminates the profound impact she had and how the public’s attitude to the monarchy was, and still is, shaped by these events.

Director: Ed Perkins

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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RogerEbert.com Marya E. Gates

Aug 12, 2022

I was blown away by the film’s use of mostly archival news footage after its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. Upon a second watch I found it even more compelling the way Perkins, and editors Jinx Godfrey and Daniel Lapira, expertly deploy this footage to tell not a biography of ‘The People’s Princess,’ but rather of the way the media shaped the perception of her public life. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jan 28, 2022

Without the influx of talking heads and other bits of opinion and information, the audience is forced to confront their own judgements. ... The effect is ingenious and chilling. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Aug 12, 2022

This is a harrowing movie that depends on our collective hindsight to underscore its manifold and particular ironies. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jan 28, 2022

Perkins’ approach, however, could be read more as an exercise in media study than biopic of Diana. It adds to the canon but not the lure of the mythical “People’s Princess.” Read full review

Saskia Lloyd Gaiger

Jun 30, 2022

The layering of material is done carefully, with narrative embedded within the images. Read full review

Slashfilm Chris Evangelista

Jan 28, 2022

It's a handsomely constructed, often addictive documentary – but it's also repeating the same story we've been told again and again. Read full review

Caryn James

Jan 28, 2022

A flawed little time capsule, the doc veers uneasily between kindly character portrait and shallow attempt at media studies. Read full review

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bertobellamy

Sep 6, 2022

Well, here it is, another piece of content about the tragic figure of Princess Diana. After the dreamy but dull 'Spencer,' 'The Princess' takes another approach by letting the images talk for themselves. This documentary just points out the obvious: Lady Diana died because of media greed andWell, here it is, another piece of content about the tragic figure of Princess Diana. After the dreamy but dull 'Spencer,' 'The Princess' takes another approach by letting the images talk for themselves. This documentary just points out the obvious: Lady Diana died because of media greed and the abandonment by the people that were supposed to protect her. What shocked me is the obsession with Diana not just by the tabloids but by the ordinary people, who were kind of hypnotized by her story from the beginning. I guess Jordan Peele is right: our obsession with spectacle is our doom; the more we see, the more we are sucked into a vacuum of nothingness.

In the end, 'The Princess' works only as a recollection of memories to re-tell a well-known story. But, most importantly, the film dangerously becomes what it criticizes: the endless exploitation of a tragic life.… Expand

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