2 months ago 05th Sep 14:45
Cast: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell
Director: Saul Dibb
Rating: 4/5
'There were three people in her marriage' the press have been criticised for drawing comparisons between Georgiana the Duchess of Devonshire and Princess Diana in Saul Dibb's new movie The Duchess but with a tag line like that surely it can't come as any surprise.
The Duchess is just the latest period drama to hit the big screen, sandwiched between The Other Boleyn Girl earlier in the year and Brideshead Revisited next month, but before readers develop that glazed seen it all before look this really is worth the cinema admission fee.
Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley), was the original 'It Girl.' Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire country.
Determined to be a player in the wider affairs of the world, she proved that she could out-gamble, out-drink and outwit most of the aristocratic men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England as a leader of the forward-thinking Whig Party.
But even as her power and popularity grew, she was haunted by the fact that the only man in England she seemingly could not seduce was her very own husband, the Duke (Ralph Fiennes).
And when she tried to find her own way to be true to her heart and loyal to her duty, the resulting controversies and convoluted liaisons, her affair with Earl Grey, would leave all of London talking.
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