klasol

Not first of all because of the story and aesthetics of books, but because it is a beautiful story about human relations. The acting is superb, the scenes serene. This is a film like films should be, it take its time. There are few good people in the world, most are busy with their own interests. The movie show that with very simple means and excellent dialogues. Some will say it's slow, they will say it's boring. I guess that is the way with all taste.

The bad thing about messing up history and making a movie about a real person that is not based on facts but fiction is that we tend to remember the movie. So, now thousands of people will believe that Kelly saved Monaco (de Gaulle never went to any ball, the situation was negotiated peacefully with France at the end). They will believe that the marriage with the prince did not include numerous extramarital affairs on both sides and they will believe that Grace was as tall and elegant as Nicole Kidman, the perfect princess. Too bad, because reality was good enough. The movie is beautiful, superbly esthetic, but that is all.