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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 04 Nov 2021

Stewart leverages her own star power to turn Diana into someone familiar…

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By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 04 Nov 2021

Co-fabulists Pablo Larraín and writer Steven Knight have made a film that marries the former’s elliptical, experimental style with the latter’s…

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By Siddhant Adlakha (174) for Observer (1,042) on 04 Nov 2021

Except for her accent and hair style, Stewart practically plays herself, creating a living document not only of recent British history, but…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 04 Nov 2021

Die-hard devotees of “The Crown” likely won’t like the taste of ashes swirling around in all that’s served here…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 04 Nov 2021

Coupled with Stewart’s exposed nerve of a performance, the suffocating intensity of Larraín’s filmmaking, and Jonny Greenwood’s droning…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 04 Nov 2021

You watch wishing this story, in the real world, could have had a different ending; and marveling at how Stewart finds new, close-to-the-bone…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 04 Nov 2021

Spencer may be a let down as a story about Diana, but as an exaggerated portrait of Stewart, it’s magnetic…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 04 Nov 2021

This an enjoyably strange spectacle, perhaps best appreciated by taking it less seriously than its creators intended…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Nov 2021

Stewart never seems to find an emotional reality for the icon she’s playing; the resonance begins and ends with the stunt casting of one…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for The Independent (259) on 04 Nov 2021

Stewart’s febrile, sensitive performance and Larraín’s trademark lyricism give it an emotional kick that such predecessors lacked…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 04 Nov 2021

Pablo Larraín’s film, written by Steven Knight, calls itself a “fable from a true tragedy.” It might also be called a fever dream, a…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 03 Nov 2021

The largely interior cinematography by Claire Mathon is stark, cold and beautiful, backed by a soundtrack that ranges from funereal chamber…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 03 Nov 2021

With the jazzy score by Jonny Greenwood setting the tone for the cacophony of sounds in Diana’s inner world, Spencer is an exquisitely designed,…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Nov 2021

About a third or so of Spencer doesn’t work: flashbacks to Diana’s childhood, hallucinations involving Anne Boleyn, a secret visit to her…

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By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 03 Nov 2021

For all its flaws, the film interrogates the limits of a biopic…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 03 Nov 2021

It's possible to admire the performance and still come away feeling director Pablo Larrain's fictionalized movie doesn't significantly add…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 02 Nov 2021

The acting is outstanding all the way around. But Stewart is brilliant…

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By Matthew Anderson (173) for CineVue (2,163) on 02 Nov 2021

Exploring the powerlessness an exasperated Diana (Kristen Stewart) must confront when faced with Windsor tradition, expectation and hypocrisy,…

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By Sophie Monks Kaufman (221) for Time Out (7,510) on 02 Nov 2021

Showing how the dream of being a rich and beautiful princess curdled into a nightmare might sound like a hard sell, but Spencer pulls it off…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 02 Nov 2021

On paper Stewart seemed like an eccentric casting choice, yet she slinks into the material with grace and ease, and her trademark arsenal of…

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