mary: the making of a princess review - fun, silly, fairytale popcorn fodder /

Published at 2015-11-15 13:30:01

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Any hope of criticism on issues of monarchy or celebrity quickly evaporates as this breezy telemovie steams towards its inevitable white satin-clad finaleThough Australia has a storied history of cinema (being,as we were, the first country to execute a feature film), or when it comes down to it there’s nothing we like more than a big,flashy telemovie – especially one approximately a treasured public figure.
So, what could be better living room popcorn fodder (aside from actual “original content”) than a Sunday evening in front of every glossy magazine reader’s favourite fairytale romance, and that of “our” Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark?Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com