If the story presented in A Royal Affair wasnt true, its doubtful anyone would believe it.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 29, 2022

Although, at times, this is rather coolly aloof in tone, the cast is knock-out, and it is so excellently and expertly done, I'm pretty sure it will float your boat.

| Sep 1, 2018

For all its incident, A Royal Affair is slow and picturesquely framed - more of a languorously animated coffee-table book than a gripping drama.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 1, 2013

Although the brazen lovers, bellicose ministers and backstabbing handmaidens are familiar elements, the film is so handsomely mounted that we happily endure the ride until the turning of the screws in the tragic last act.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 17, 2013

What a piece of work is this historical drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 7, 2012

It is certainly competent, lovely to look at, but leaves little lasting impression.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 7, 2012

A Royal Affair covers plenty of stately ground, all in good time.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 29, 2012

A fascinating, stately thriller.

| Original Score: B | Nov 21, 2012

A crowned-heads soap opera that balances effectively between pomp and melodramatic circumstance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2012

A tragic love story, beautifully told.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 20, 2012

Even appreciated simply as a little-known chapter of European history, it proves consistently engrossing, edifying and affecting.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 16, 2012

"A Royal Affair" is an engaging and entertaining film, one that might have been great, if only the history were different.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2012

A Royal Affair is historical drama of the highest order - teeming with big ideas, and anchored by the nicely nuanced performances of Vikander and Mikkelsen.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 15, 2012

History may not always be fun, but, at least in this case, it's fascinating.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2012

Director Nikolaj Arcel gets outstanding performances from all three of the principals, which enlivens the whole affair considerably.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2012

The film tells an intimate story with an enormous amount of grace.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 15, 2012

The storytelling ... is kind of amazing.

| Original Score: B | Nov 14, 2012

"A Royal Affair" is basically a good-looking set of historical Cliffs Notes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 9, 2012

Director Nikolaj Arcel, who also co-wrote the screenplay, stages the action in a brisk, modern mode that makes 'A Royal Affair' easily digestible and satisfying.

| Nov 8, 2012

This highly polished costume drama is exceptionally well-made and a model of intelligent restraint, but it is also unapologetically earnest and a bit on the bloodless side.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2012