If only politics was so easy and all it takes to manipulate influential leaders with political agendas was a pretty speech and face. I mean really?
I am not familiar with any sort of history regarding the Kingdom of Monaco or Grace Kelly (I only heard about her from this movie) so I won't talk about how correct or representative this movie was, I will treat it as a factional movie with no roots to reality.
The real-life lesson: thinking that all this movie is about is to make us think about real life, I find really hard to pick one concept on which I can reflect. Nothing about this movie makes you think 'I better remember this'. So very poor in this area. Maybe one thing would be that for some people the obligation they have inherited or have been believed with, is much more important that the relationships in their life, especially when they take them from granted as it is the case in kingdom.
Character analysis: Prince Rainier, trying to fulfil his obligation. A good demonstration that having the greatest responsibilities could just be one of the worst things that would happen to you. If you value relationships and feelings (as I do) maybe having the most important job in the country is not the best thing that can happen to you. Grace-clash of cultures. Speaking your mind is sure a good thing but is it really the smartest thing to do when you are trying to politically score points? Thats why is called politics. No one speaks their minds and no one tells the truth.
Plausibility: not in a million years could someone convince me that it would be so easy to end a political conflict. It is true that you can achieve a lot of things based on beauty and rhetoric, it is true that those two can influence weak men but these people in those tables, they were not weak men. You can't win an international conflict by those two alone. There are interests, money and a lot more at stake that can not be given up so easily. Not even for a good public image. Could France not have manipulated the public opinion just as easily since it did seem as quite an easy thing to do. So no, the crucial events in this movie are not plausible at all.
Acting: I must just say that Nicole Kidman was as great as you would expect and as great as it can get. She makes us love Grace, feel for her and even when she is the position of authority there is still something in her that reminds you that she is still the fragile, unconfident woman she was when she first came to Monaco. I just loved her performance. She is indeed very graceful.
Storytelling: It was a bit slow in the middle and it did bore me in the middle. It just seemed that the movie was becoming directionless. But in the end when Grace makes plans, waiting the results of those plans is quite interesting and does engage you. Also, I would it too political most of the time. It felt that the movie was not about Grace but about the conflict that I did not understand at first and took a lot of concentration and effort and a lot of " and what does that mean? Is it and or good" which kind of spoiled the easy of watching this movie. It should be more politically relaxed. And also, all those parts in French. I did not understand a thing which made it boring despite the fact that the meaning could easily be worked out from context.
I am not familiar with any sort of history regarding the Kingdom of Monaco or Grace Kelly (I only heard about her from this movie) so I won't talk about how correct or representative this movie was, I will treat it as a factional movie with no roots to reality.
The real-life lesson: thinking that all this movie is about is to make us think about real life, I find really hard to pick one concept on which I can reflect. Nothing about this movie makes you think 'I better remember this'. So very poor in this area. Maybe one thing would be that for some people the obligation they have inherited or have been believed with, is much more important that the relationships in their life, especially when they take them from granted as it is the case in kingdom.
Character analysis: Prince Rainier, trying to fulfil his obligation. A good demonstration that having the greatest responsibilities could just be one of the worst things that would happen to you. If you value relationships and feelings (as I do) maybe having the most important job in the country is not the best thing that can happen to you. Grace-clash of cultures. Speaking your mind is sure a good thing but is it really the smartest thing to do when you are trying to politically score points? Thats why is called politics. No one speaks their minds and no one tells the truth.
Plausibility: not in a million years could someone convince me that it would be so easy to end a political conflict. It is true that you can achieve a lot of things based on beauty and rhetoric, it is true that those two can influence weak men but these people in those tables, they were not weak men. You can't win an international conflict by those two alone. There are interests, money and a lot more at stake that can not be given up so easily. Not even for a good public image. Could France not have manipulated the public opinion just as easily since it did seem as quite an easy thing to do. So no, the crucial events in this movie are not plausible at all.
Acting: I must just say that Nicole Kidman was as great as you would expect and as great as it can get. She makes us love Grace, feel for her and even when she is the position of authority there is still something in her that reminds you that she is still the fragile, unconfident woman she was when she first came to Monaco. I just loved her performance. She is indeed very graceful.
Storytelling: It was a bit slow in the middle and it did bore me in the middle. It just seemed that the movie was becoming directionless. But in the end when Grace makes plans, waiting the results of those plans is quite interesting and does engage you. Also, I would it too political most of the time. It felt that the movie was not about Grace but about the conflict that I did not understand at first and took a lot of concentration and effort and a lot of " and what does that mean? Is it and or good" which kind of spoiled the easy of watching this movie. It should be more politically relaxed. And also, all those parts in French. I did not understand a thing which made it boring despite the fact that the meaning could easily be worked out from context.