Synopsis
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon.
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Cast
- Naomi WattsPrincess Diana
- Naveen AndrewsHasnat Khan
- Charles EdwardsPatrick Jephson
- Douglas HodgePaul Burrell
- Cas AnvarDodi Fayed
- Geraldine JamesOonagh Shanley-Toffolo
- Juliet StevensonSonia
- Laurence BelcherPrince William
- Michael ByrneChristiaan Barnard
- Chris CowlinPaparazzi
Recommendations
- 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Watts masters Diana’s look — the way she carried her head and used those wide, coyly expressive eyes — but is only passable at impersonating the voice. - 60
Time Out
Watts’s work is extraordinary, sometimes keying off the same illicit register as "Mulholland Drive"; she risks being goofy, awkward and bratty. - 50
Village Voice
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. - 40
Variety
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. - 40
The Telegraph
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. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 25
New York Post
The schmaltzy Diana is directed at a dirge-like pace by German director Oliver Hirschbiegel, whose film “Downfall’’ depicted the final days of Hitler and provided one of the Internet’s most enduring memes. - 20
The Guardian
Poor Princess Diana. I hesitate to use the term "car crash cinema". But the awful truth is that, 16 years after that terrible day in 1997, she has died another awful death.
