Synopsis
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
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Cast
- Emily BluntQueen Victoria
- Rupert FriendPrince Albert
- Paul BettanyLord Melbourne
- Miranda RichardsonDuchess of Kent
- Jim BroadbentKing William IV
- Thomas KretschmannKing Leopold
- Mark StrongSir John Conroy
- Jesper ChristensenBaron Stockmar
- Harriet WalterQueen Adelaide
- Jeanette HainBaroness Lehzen
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The Young Victoria has a subtler flow than you might expect, and at times it's calmer than you may like. Director Jean-Marc Vallée's images have a creamy stateliness, but this is no gilded? princess fantasy. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Emily Blunt makes Victoria as irresistible a young woman as Dame Judi Dench made her an older one in "Mrs. Brown" (1997). - 70
Variety
Well-groomed, upscale, three-hankie entertainment for the “Masterpiece Theater” crowd. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Emily Blunt, one of the best and most glamorous actresses to come out of England in recent years, makes an unusual but highly successful choice for the young Victoria. - 63
ReelViews
The Young Victoria feels like a wasted opportunity and is among the least impressive in a long line of motion pictures about British royalty. - 60
Empire
An elegant, entertaining, informative picture with a gallery of vivid supporting turns, this provisionally crowns the winning Blunt as a Brit-pic star - but it skimps a bit on the bodice-ripping, blood and thunder. - 50
The New Yorker
From the start, it feels handsome, steady, and stuck; the ties that bind the historical bio-pic are no looser than those which constrain a royal personage, and the frustration to which Victoria would later admit is legible in the face of Emily Blunt, who takes the title role. - 40
Village Voice
Man, British heritage cinema can be dull when assembly-lined for the export market.
