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By Renuka Vyavahare (150) for The Times of India (879) on 18 Oct 2017

Despite an uneven narrative and historical inaccuracies, Victoria and Abdul is a delightful film that deserves to be watched for Judi Dench…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 18 Oct 2017

Victoria & Abdul is a pleasant enough time-passer. And it is a treat to see Dench on screen for great gobs of time…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for World of Reel (117) on 18 Oct 2017

Did we really need another period-dramedy about the British monarchy which, yet again, refuses to delve deeper and ask questions about the…

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By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 16 Oct 2017

In spite of the film's penchant to gloss over the evils of colonial times, a masterful, deeply inward-looking performance by Judi Dench…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2017

Victoria & Abdul may capture the ugly side of Britain's colonial past, but its demeaning portrait of Abdul reinforces the Orientalism it purports…

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By Rohan Naahar (197) for Hindustan Times (753) on 11 Oct 2017

Obnoxiously, it slaps you on the back, barks some nonsense about the good old days, and laughs loudly at its own jokes…

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By José Martín (128) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 10 Oct 2017

as commercial as it is well intentioned and undoubtedly charming... [Full review in Spanish]…

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By M. Faust (314) for The Public (Buffalo) (288) on 10 Oct 2017

For the most part Victoria and Abdul is an Anglophile's delight…

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By Nathan Osborne (34) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 10 Oct 2017

Victoria & Abdul is a warming and twee example of film-making for a very particular demographic, but it is definitely one of the better examples…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 10 Oct 2017

Leave it to Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen) and screenwriter Lee Hall to take hold of this chickenhearted subgenre and give it a…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 10 Oct 2017

A delightful dramedy about the Queen of England's friendship with a 24-year-old Indian clerk…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 08 Oct 2017

Ravishing and sublimely subtle - aimed specifically at an older audience…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 07 Oct 2017

The film is quite enjoyable and entertaining as well, as long as you can get past some sticking points…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 05 Oct 2017

Even if Victoria and Abdul is a lightweight next to bigger historical films, Frears' effort is worth a look, even if only for the sake of a…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 05 Oct 2017

It's too bad that the movie couldn't have shown the same curiosity about Abdul's life that Queen Victoria did…

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By Julie Washington (75) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 05 Oct 2017

While Victoria and Abdul lacks a big punch, it does carry a hopeful message about tolerance and love across cultures…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 04 Oct 2017

Barely Fresh. Fun the first hour and deadly dull the second. Judi Dench's Queen Victoria saves the film…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Oct 2017

It's sort of like Driving Miss Daisy, only way more racist…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 04 Oct 2017

What anchors Victoria & Abdul is Dench's performance, as she channels the many character traits -- dignity, whimsy, impertinence and crushing…

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By Martha K. Baker (133) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 04 Oct 2017

Victoria and Abdul defines the biopic based on a true story. Not one single false step. No blurred foci…

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