A Royal Affair is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard), the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and idealism Struenseensee and the young but strong Queen Caroline Mathilda, A Royal Affair is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people… Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Language: Danish | English | German | French
Reviews:
Certified Fresh on the TomatoMeter (88%)
"A Royal Affair is a lavish and sumptuous costume drama with a juicy story to back it up."
Wall Street Journal
Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
With its sumptuous settings, urgent romance and intellectual substance, A Royal Affair is a mind-opener crossed with a bodice-ripper.
Charlotte Observer
Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
Writers Rasmus Heisterberg and Nicolaj Arcel are known in America for the original version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." This film is the exact opposite: stately instead of propulsive, emotionally warm instead of chilly, lit by candles and sun instead of flashlights and neon.
USA Today
Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
Takes a fascinating chapter in Danish history, little-known to general audiences, and presents it engagingly.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Reviewed by: Steven Rea
Historical drama of the highest order - teeming with big ideas, and anchored by the nicely nuanced performances of Vikander and Mikkelsen.
Chicago Sun-Times
Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
A big budget historical drama that carries Denmark's hopes into the Oscar season. It provides still more exposure for the rising Danish star Mads Mikkelsen, the latest male sex symbol of the art house crowd.
NPR
Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
While it's lavish and lush in all the expected costume-drama ways, A Royal Affair never bogs down in period detail. What drives the film, along with great acting, is the appetite of director Nikolaj Arcel and his boisterous co-writer Rasmus Heisterberg ("I want a fun queen!" wails Christian) for the queasy workings of political gamesmanship both above and below board.
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