Mrs Brown (1997)
by John Madden
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Actor: Antony Sher, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Gerard Butler, Judi DenchDirector: John Madden
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 104 minutes
Release Date: 1999-04-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Studio: Walt Disney Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Mrs Brown (1997)
Movie Review: Highlanders are good for the health
Summary: 5 Stars
Prince Albert is dead and Queen Victoria (Dench) is inconsolable). The servants don't know what to do. No one can get her out of her mourning.
Because her husband was so fond of him, Victoria sends for John Brown (Billy Connolly), a Scotsman who was one of her husband's attendants. Being a stubborn Scot, he doesn't take 'no' for an answer and waits out in the courtyard until Her Majesty finally decides to go out on a pony ride. Gradually, they develop a friendship--or is it more? That's a question asked by historians and fans of the royal family throughout the years.
Meanwhile, there's a political struggle going on. The Prime Minister (Antony Sher) wants the Queen back in the reins. Bertie, the Prince of wales, (David Westhead) is anxious to take the reins from his Mum. Meanwhile, the rumors about the Queen and Brown are flying and as one pol says to another: "This country runs by talk..."
There's a lot of speculation both in the film and out about the relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown. She was a favorite of mine and I honestly hope she did have some comfort after her husband's death.
Whatever the film is historically, it's an amazing costume drama from both what the characters wear and the landscape behind them. Dench and Connolly do a superlative job in their respective roles. Dame Judi has played two of Great Britain's queens to date and she's quite regal in both.
I've seen this film several times and every time I note something different. In this case, it's Archie Brown, John's younger brother who is played quite ably by none other than Gerard Butler.
Rebecca Kyle, July 2008
Summary of Mrs Brown (1997)
A romantic drama in the Masterpiece Theater vein, this John Madden film looks at the relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown, a commoner who, though a servant, becomes her closest friend and confidant. As such, he proves the catalyst to bring her back into public life and out of her private mourning for the late Prince Albert. But the closeness of their friendship sets tongues wagging about the impropriety of what appears to be an affair between queen and commoner (an issue the film never directly addresses). The film's charm lies in the flinty give-and-take between the wonderfully starchy Judi Dench as Victoria and the robust Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, here playing it straight as a strong-willed Scotsman who comes to enjoy the power he wields by virtue of having the queen's ear. Antony Sher is also striking as Prime Minister Disraeli, in a performance that all but shimmers with unspoken malice. --Marshall FineDrama VHS Video
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