An average movie

Since this movie had a really lame reputation, I wasn’t expecting much but since I have a weak spot for Naomi Watts and since my wife has always been interested in Diana, I thought we might check this one together. First of all, even though my wife was always convinced that she was someone really fascinating, I was never convinced. In fact, it is not really Diana’s fault but, in my opinion, the Royal figures must be one of the most useless kind of celebrities, just behind the Reality TV stars. In this case, during the whole thing, they keep telling us that she was the most famous woman in the world at the time but, seriously, what did she actually do to actually earn this title? Well, this movie certainly didn’t improve the perception I had on this woman, that's for sure. Basically, according to this tale, she was a boring woman, with a boring life and she was involved in some rather boring romances. In fact, I don’t think we should blame Naomi Watts as she gave as usual a really solid performance but the material was just really too weak. It was also surprising and disappointing that, even though they keep showing the paparazzi constantly during the whole thing, they still chose not to show their final chase which would be obviously fatal for her. It could have been a powerful and suspenseful ending but I guess they either thought it was inappropriate or they just didn't have the budget to shoot such a complex action scene. Anyway, it is really difficult to believe that this movie was delivered by the same guy who was also responsible for ‘Der Untergang’, easily one of the most fascinating biographical movies ever made. To conclude, I'm afraid this movie really deserves its poor reputation and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard fan of Diana.