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Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Superficial and badly researched.
Where do I start. I can see most reviewers feel the same about the historical inaccuracies littered throughout this film.
I would add my irritation at the fact that Mary spoke with a Scottish accent, when she would have had French as her primary language. She was old beyond her years after the time spent in captivity and suffered with arthritis effecting her mobility. As others have pointed out, the two queens never met. I love Adrain Lester, but in this, he is miscast, along with others, who do not reflect the social structures of the time. Bridgerton makes a point of using different ethnicities to its advantage, but is not a biographical retelling. Mary Queen of Scots was a real woman and she deserves a better account of her life than this.
Special Correspondents (2016)
Lazy film making
Sorry, I tried to enjoy this, but had to fast forward from about 30 minutes in and was still not able to stay until the end. Ricky was Ricky and gave a reasonable performance, but the story line was tiresome and I did not care about any of the characters.
To verdener (2008)
A good account of the cult with some minor errors.
Don't be fooled into thinking this is not what happens to witness families. Shunning is sadly a very real experience for thousands of people and there are many who cannot cope with it and take their lives. This film does a good job of showing the impact of childhood indoctrination. They absolutely believe that 99.9% of the earth's population will be slaughtered at Armageddon and forego higher education for low paying jobs in order to spend time preaching door to door because they believe the end is near. The 'end' has been foretold numerous times since the late 1800s, but unfortunately most witnesses do not have access to their own history and are warned off researching external sources. I am glad to say though, that the defection rate of young people brought up in the cult is high and the internet has been a great help in their escape. It is just a shame the price they have to pay is so high.