The Queen of Spain

Name: The Queen of Spain
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 18, 2017
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Aida Folch, Ana Belén, Antonio Resines, Carlos Areces, Cary Elwes

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Myriad Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Aida Folch, Ana Belén, Antonio Resines, Carlos Areces, Cary Elwes, Chino Darín, Clive Revill, Javier Cámara, Jorge Sanz, Juan Antonio Bayona, Loles León, Mandy Patinkin, Neus Asensi, Penélope Cruz, Santiago Segura

Summary: Macarena Granada (Penelope Cruz) flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Spain where she has signed on to star in an epic film as Queen Isabella of Spain.

Director: Fernando Trueba

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 128 min

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Brad Wheeler

Aug 24, 2017

Trueba, 62, has reassembled a lot of the old cast, most of whom play characters trying to recapture old magic. Make of that what you will. It's fun. Read full review

Andy Webster

Aug 16, 2017

The Queen of Spain, a light ensemble romp from the veteran director Fernando Trueba, has fun with movie lore even as it pillories Hollywood’s deal-making with the Francisco Franco regime in the 1950s. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 14, 2017

Cruz carries the film. She has a ridiculous kind of heroism, and her disguises are hilarious, particularly as a knight, when she insists on wearing a false beard under her helmet. Read full review

Sarah Ward

Aug 14, 2017

It might be fitting that a film about a film made under a censor-heavy regime is better to look at than engage with, but it also says much about the slight and stretched The Queen of Spain. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Aug 17, 2017

One of the most unsettling things about Queen is how awkwardly it tackles all this painful, historical material: it’s as though Trueba’s script knows that homage must be paid to it, but it feels shoehorned in. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Aug 15, 2017

Sumptuous production and costume design coupled with José Luis Alcaine’s expert cinematography make it a feast for the eyes…but there’s not much more substance. Read full review

Keith Watson

Aug 13, 2017

Fernando Trueba fails to probe the political implications of The Queen of Spain's period milieu, which is particularly confounding given the filmmaker’s evident anti-fascist sympathies. Read full review

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