This is a wonderful Blunt performance, characteristically subtle and mischievous, just one of the pleasures of this deeply enjoyable picture.

| Aug 1, 2024

Aimless though it may be, the film’s director Jean-Marc Vallée shoots the costumes and the architecture with a sharp eye, even if the characters filling them don’t always keep our attention.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 22, 2023

Playing up the romantic angle to a skin-crawling degree, The Young Victoria peters out with the kind of anachronistic "you complete me" movie love song by Sinead O'Connor that threatens to sink the whole enterprise in a river of schmaltz.

| Jan 23, 2020

The chemistry between Victoria and Albert is white hot, and as the young Queen, Emily Blunt commands the screen with such grace and ease that I'm surprised it took this long for her to get such a great starring role.

| Mar 9, 2019

Miss Blunt is convincing as both a girl falling in love for the first time and a steel-willed woman insistent on being in charge of her own - and her people's - destiny.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2018

Look, this is a well-groomed film, and an earnest film, full of the things you will like if you like this kind of film... but it somehow fails to convey any real tension. It's lovely to look at, but also peculiarly inert and leaden.

| Aug 29, 2018

The acting is fine, and while the plot is somewhat stale and very slow in taking shape, it is never boring. Those who like opulent movies in dress and scenery will love this movie. Regrettably, they will also soon forget it after they leave.

| Jan 16, 2018

With political intrigue as a savory seasoning, the love story provides the meat of the quietly gripping story. But just when the plot begins to deliciously thicken, The Young Victoria abruptly ends, a banquet closed before the satisfying conclusion.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2016

Visually delicious, dripping in both diamonds and details, The Young Victoria is a fresh approach to both its subject and its genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 22, 2016

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 21, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Emily Blunt joins the ranks of great screen monarchs.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2010

Talky and stately, but it has a degree of humanization making it far more enjoyable and relatable than others of its kind.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2010

It's the story of a girl who refuses to be pushed around, a budding monarch who grows into her role, making some mistakes in the process. Is also the story of a smart, strong lady who has the strength and wisdom to choose the right guy.

| Jul 6, 2010

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| Original Score: 4/10 | Apr 6, 2010

Quite a bit dry, even for a historical drama.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 2, 2010

Blunt's performance, restrained and fiery, holds together the personal and the political threads of this handsomely mounted drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2010

Consistently engaging, with an appealing sense of relevance for today's audiences.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 16, 2010

A veddy proper film that wouldn't presume to misbehave with an ounce of unnecessary melodrama and abandon. We are amused and entertained but not terribly so.

| Feb 8, 2010

Es el típico producto de calidad que se aprecia más que nada por sus valores de producción (y aquí son realmente excepcionales) y por un elenco, en este caso británico, donde se luce especialmente la estupenda Emily Blunt.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2010