A Very Royal Scandal
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| Prime Video | Release Date: September 19, 2024 |
Summary:
The infamous 2019 Newsnight interview of Prince Andrew (Michael Sheen) by the BBC's Emily Maitlis (Ruth Wilson) is dramatized as a three-part limited series.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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Positive:
10
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
Sep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Its three episodes (all of which were available for review) have a distinct Prestige TV seriousness, but while it’s clear its take on the (pardon the pun) scandalous central interview is what people will likely tune in to see, the show itself, to its credit, does try to push beyond being a mere recreation. In fact, while Sheen and Wilson are dynamite together in the few scenes they share, A Very Royal Scandal’s most interesting elements are found outside those familiar moments.
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The Times
Sep 18, 2024
Sep 19, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Though the interview is the turning point in the narrative, and takes place in Episode 2, it’s not what’s most intriguing about the show. Instead, amid the muted tones of the palace and the haunting sounds of a clock ticking in the background, “A Very Royal Scandal” offers a master class in perception.
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Sep 19, 2024
Season 1 Review:
For two hours, A Very Royal Scandal is tightly cut and smartly observed and strategized without being revelatory, despite Maitlis’ direct involvement. .... The final hour, the one meant to reflect on the significance of the cultural moment and its aftermath, is faultier in its approach.
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Sep 19, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Anyone who watches the full interview could rightly wonder, “How could you be so stupid to sit for an interview like this and say things like that?” “Royal” does a thorough, energetic, juicy-but-serious job of answering. And yet, the show can’t escape its own admission that there are much bigger questions one could ask about rape, misogyny, money, secrecy and power. Maitlis has a pat monologue about the injustice of it all, but the call is coming from inside the mini-series.
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Radio Times
Sep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
As entertainment, character study and thematic exploration, A Very Royal Scandal largely works. However, the former is somewhat diminished, a little unfairly, by this show being second to the punch. To its benefit, it doesn't reach for easy answers, even if the lack of answers may be frustrating.
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The Telegraph
Sep 18, 2024
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