A good movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since this movie had received some decent reviews and since I have weak spot for  Natalie Portman, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, in my opinion, this movie struggled with a similar challenge faced by ‘Diana’ and ‘Grace of Monaco’. Indeed, all these movies worked really hard to make Diana, Grace Kelly and Jackie Kennedy look really amazing but none of these movies managed to convince me. In this case, they used some gimmicks like the fake interview (even if such an interview did take place, the content was definitely made up) or the fake conversation with a priest to give some extra depth to this woman. They even went for a random chronology which is just one of the cheapest tricks to make a simple story look much more complicated than it actually is. I know, it might sound like this movie was very lame but it was actually not bad at all, at least, it was miles better than the terrible ‘Diana’ and ‘Grace of Monaco’. Indeed, the whole thing looked great and, above all, Natalie Portman was really impressive and easily gave her one of her best performances. In fact, many people thought she had a shot to win the Academy Award for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (she she did get a nomination though) but the fact that the movie itself was nothing really amazing pretty much ruined her chances. Anyway, to conclude, even if the whole thing didn’t really blow me away, I still think it is worth a look, if only to see Portman nailing another fine performance.