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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDespite its faltering touch with the story's darker, more melodramatic threads, Her Majesty nonetheless proves winning overall thanks to a predominant emphasis on nostalgia, whimsy (heroine's royal audience fantasies include one full-on production number) and droll-to-broad humor.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHer Majesty is the kind of movie where you start out smiling, and then smile more broadly, and then really smile, and then realize with a sinking heart that the filmmakers are losing it.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSan Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerTo earnest for its own good. Sincere and heartfelt, it's the kind of family film that might be at home on cable.
- 40The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt's as if Gordon feared his film's none-too-subtle suggestion that kids should ask questions and decided to provide answers instead, tying up his story with a phony happy ending.
- 38Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleUnimaginative, exasperating film, hopefully but fruitlessly recycled after the success of 2002's ebullient Whale Rider.
- 38Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChicago TribuneRobert K. ElderAgainst "Whale Rider's" well-acted, intimate story, Gordon's film feels like an endless spiral of sub-par soap-opera acting, mired in trite, predictable dialogue.