It is only now that I am beginning to see the full picture of the Prince Charles - Princess Diana romance and to find out that it was almost all just make believe, and that it would be hard put to find which parts of their marriage was true love and which was just forced love - like what many of the other earlier British monarchs had to endure.
Spencer shows a part of the story where Diana suffers another round of snooty, rude, and snobbish behavior from the royal household during a certain Christmas season.
In the movie, she looks like the poor outsider but her trump card is that she is the mother of two sons who are going to be the next kings of the kingdom.
The movie steps between the world of what's real and what's surreal - and I guess the director and writer used this approach to emphasize what Diana was feeling and experiencing at this crucial moment of her marriage.
It was like seeing a woman clutching at straws, trying to find a way for her to survive her drowning in a sea of apathetic people. This was the view the public did not much see, as we only knew what the palace then wanted us to see - including all the antics Diana had to do to keep her sanity.
Kristen Stewart is superb as Lady Diana. She encapsulates what the princess might have felt and was defiantly fighting against during that time in her life.
The make-up, the fashion, and the art design, I think all of those things are the movies strong points and I won't be surprised if they snag an Oscar nomination in any of those.
Outstanding also is the original score which mirrors the turmoil of Diana. The cinematography is cool as well, bathing the movie in a patina of brightness, allowing the grandeur of things be seen easily - as any Diana movie is also a movie about what she wore and of course, the grandeur of British royalty.
This movie though is not for everyone even if you are a Diana fan. It is brooding and has its euphoric moments as well as gloomy moments.
I was so miffed already towards the end of the movie as I can feel how the noose was slightly tightening around Diana's neck when a really joyful ending with Mike and the Mechanic's 'All I Need is a Miracle' serving as the rousing song gives the movie a happy ending.
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