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- Netflix
- Nov 14, 2023
- Netflix
- Nov 14, 2023
Summary The rise of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) is chronicled from her wedding in 1947 to present day in the series planned to air over six seasons.
Created By: Peter Morgan
- Netflix
- Nov 14, 2023
- Netflix
- Nov 14, 2023
Summary The rise of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) is chronicled from her wedding in 1947 to present day in the series planned to air over six seasons.
Created By: Peter Morgan
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6 Seasons
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
61
47% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
47% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
61
47% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
47% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
These four episodes are just about flawless — a cohesive and deeply moving picture of the final hours of two desperately lonely people. Much better still, Dodi is humanized rather than demonized.
In humanizing the two [Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed] in life and in death (there are no “ghosts” here), juxtaposed against the reigning monarch’s stoicism and commitment to grating tradition, the show invites the audience to consider the choices made by the British royal family, which have contributed to its relic-like state.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
6.7
69% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
12% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
19% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
6.7
69% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
12% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
19% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
This show was so moving. What kind of heartless monster is critical of an effort to show the vulnerabilities in these characters. First class! Fitting way to bring it to an end.
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SEASON 6
I think the controversy of "Diana ghost" is not valid at all, it is just some reflection of Diana's journey with Prince Charles and the queen. The acting is still on point, can't wait to watch the remaining sex episodes.
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SEASON 6
As it nears its endgame, the show has become more serialized, particularly with these four episodes that make up the first half of the final season, all of which run into each other. I'm not quite sure that's a good thing, as it robs the series of much of its previous strength. Still, there's enough high drama packed into these four episodes to satisfy those of us who have stuck with the show over all these years.
If the writing on The Crown Season 6 Part 1 falls a bit short where it counts the most, the cast at least delivers the goods. Imelda Staunton is still the most ineffectual Queen Elizabeth II the show’s produced, but she’s no longer in the spotlight, so it’s fine. Instead, The Crown Season 6 Part 1 belongs to Princess Diana and Elizabeth Debicki.
In hindsight, the previous installment may have been even more of a herald for where the series would end up by its finale. Although there's still the last half of Season 6 left to weigh in on, it's more than safe to declare that The Crown has lost much of what initially made it shine.
Yes, the audience knows it’s coming, but with each ominous reference and blatant tease, it becomes harder and harder to believe her final days were anything like this. Forgetting verisimilitude, it also makes for vapid drama. “The Crown” is so preoccupied with one of the Royal family’s most infamous tragedies, it does little to develop anyone else.
Ghost Diana is all of a piece with what is now simply a crass, by-numbers piece of film-making, with a script that barely aspires to craft, let alone art, any more.
NOTE: I've only seen the first four episodes, since Netflix released this in two parts.
The Guardian gave series six a one-star review...what ridiculous click-bait journalism!
Generally, the first four episodes of S6 make for compelling viewing. Elizabeth Debicki's performance as Diana isn't just an uncannily accurate portrayal with regards mannerisms and voice, but is nuanced and emotionally rich. Elsewhere, Dominic West proves he was the right actor to play Charles (v3) [or should that be Charles III] after all.
Yes, the dialogue is contrived in places; that characters often muse about the general 'state of affairs' is a key aspect of the show, but rather overused. (Particularly, I found it grating that Charles was so poised and articulate just minutes of screen-time after Diana's death...could he have delayed going all philosophical about it just a *touch* longer? Felt a bit inhuman.) Elsewhere, while the tension leading up to that fateful night in Paris is palpable across the second and third episode, the actual final moments before the crash seem rushed somehow, and don't deliver the heart-in-your-throat impact it deserved. (The makers were correct not to be explicit regarding the violence of the crash, but still, The Crown has combined imagery and music to much more memorable effect than this, especially in the glory days of seasons one and two. Felt like a lost opportunity for a very powerful and heart-breaking moment.)
But on the whole, these opening four episodes captured that surreal summer of '97 in England with skill. The insidious presence of the paparazzi crescendoes through the first three episodes and feels genuinely disturbing. A note from Al-Fayed suggesting a weekend in Paris cleverly served as a cliff-hanger in its own right, such is the intensity of the dramatic irony at play here.
There's plenty of well-directed and well-acted scenes in these episodes, and the writing is a great deal better than reviews will have you believe. It feels like a return to form after the comparative disappointment of seasons four and especially five, which I felt had the right ingredients but a surprising lack of memorable moments.
Good job!
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SEASON 6
It's a mystery to me why the 5. and 6. season left me so unengaged and at times even bored after 4 great seasons.
It's still very well made and the actors are first rate but it somehow lost its magic. And I can't really explain why. It's sad though that it ended on such a low note.
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SEASON 6
I don't know what's happened but The Crown is now a slow, boring, dull shadow of it's former self. With everything that could have been done with the Princess Diana topic at the centre, we didn't get anything. I'm afraid The Crown, which started spectacularly & was lead masterfully by Claire & Olivia, will now go into the bin with all other TV Show's that went that season too long...
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SEASON 6
Awful, trite, nonsense. The Guardian review seems to be the only sensible write-up of this appalling show I've seen. They described it as 'so bad it’s basically an out-of-body experience' and gave it 1 star. I couldn't agree more. A Diana-obsessed melodrama even Mills and Boon would be embarrassed to publish. Ghastly TV for celebrity-obsessed personalities-in-crisis.
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SEASON 6