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Viceroy's House

2017

Gurinder Chadha

Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Hugh Bonneville, Simon Callow ...

5.9

914

Drama In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Chadha has distilled a fascinating and epic true story into a starchy, stuffy, sanitized period piece that never fully engages on an emotional or educational level (...) the overall dramatic treatment feels woefully clunky."	NEG
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Neither of these potentially complicated half-narratives is developed beyond the most superficial of strokes: Intended to intersect to politically illustrative effect, they wind up alternately distracting attention from each other."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Soapy account of India's birth agonies (...) cheekily downtonised but watchable version of history (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"This is easily Chadha’s most ambitious film to date, and her best in a long time (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"This very watchable picture never feels as though it is lecturing the audience. In fact, one of the main strengths of Chadha’s approach is the way she weaves the historical detail into the richly textured story with such a light touch."	POS

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