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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,486 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
276 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicholas HytnerDirector
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
- Alan BennettScreenplay
Cast
- Nigel HawthorneGeorge III
- Helen MirrenQueen Charlotte
- Ian HolmWillis
- Anthony CalfFitzroy
- Amanda DonohoeLady Pembroke
- Rupert GravesGreville
- Geoffrey PalmerWarren
- Julian WadhamPitt
- John WoodThurlow
- Rupert EverettPrince of Wales
- Jim CarterFox
- Roger HammondBaker
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbiographybased on true storybased on play or musicalparliamentmental illnessmental health18th centuryking of englandassassination attemptaristocracybritish monarchy
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