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Smoovie spencer12/29/2023 Profanity: The movie contains five sexual expletives, one minor swear word, and a term of deity.Īlcohol / Drug Use: Background characters are seen smoking. A woman tells another woman that she loves her. Diana is seen from behind wearing only underwear she is seen from the side and the side of her breast is briefly visible. Sexual Content: There is mention of a man’s mistress and a coded conversation about adultery. A man tells a story about a fellow soldier being shot in the head. People shoot at pheasants no dead birds are seen. A woman imagines throwing herself down the stairs. A woman threatens to cut her clothes with a knife. A woman asks if she’s going to be killed. Violence: A dead bird is repeatedly run over by a convoy of trucks. Why is Spencer rated R? Spencer is rated R by the MPAA for some language Starring Kristen Sewart, Jack Farthing, Stella Gonet, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry. Whether it’s any more accurate than the stories peddled in the 1980s remains to be seen. She can’t be seen as a fairy tale princess anymore, but this film tries to depict her as a figure of self-directed liberation. It seems oddly appropriate that Diana, whose every movement was tracked by the press and and sold as a fantasy to global audiences should wind up in another work of make believe. That’s how it’s best viewed, not as history but as a work of fiction involving historical figures. Compared to most Restricted films, this negative content is relatively light, but the thematic issues are best suited to mature audiences and this movie isn’t recommended for young viewers.Īt the beginning of the film, Spencer is described as a “fable from a true tragedy”. There is also some coded sexual conversation and a crude mention of masturbation. Her stress is clearly demonstrated in the abovementioned self-destructive behaviors, and also in the movie’s profanity, including five sexual expletives uttered by the princess. Unfortunately, Diana is unable to split herself in two instead, she starts coming apart as her mind fractures under the strain. Throughout the film, she tries to return to that golden period.ĭetermined to see his unsatisfactory wife adapt to the narrow role of future queen, Charles lectures her on the need to create two personas: her real self and a public personality that can fulfill necessary responsibilities. Even the movie’s title plays into this theme: Spencer is Diana’s maiden name, and it is a reminder of her lighthearted childhood. But Diana wants autonomy and the ability to drive by herself, select her own clothes, play with her sons, listen to pop music, and enjoy fast food. There are petty cruelties inflicted by the royals: everyone must be weighed upon arrival, her favorite dresser is dismissed, Charles insists that the curtains in her dressing room be sewn shut. She’s trapped in a life of stifling royal protocol and estate staff constrict her further as they try to protect her from the photographers who hound her. Thankfully, Diana’s death is in the future, so the rest of the film focuses on Diana’s quest for freedom. Larrain irresponsibly tips a hat to the Diana conspiracists when he has the unhappy princess ask, “Will they kill me, do you think?” The message is crystal clear: in this family, unsatisfactory wives end up dead. This doomed bride was the second wife of King Henry VIII, who had her beheaded. With the Anne Boleyn subplot, Larrain again abandons any attempt at subtlety. As their disdain overwhelms her, she loses her battle with bulimia, cuts her skin with wire cutters, fantasizes about suicide, and hallucinates about Anne Boleyn (Amy Manson). Throughout the film, Diana struggles to maintain her emotional equilibrium in the face of her in-laws’ stony hostility. Spencer is a highly fictionalized account of a three-day Christmas break Diana spends with the Royal Family in 1991, one year before the end of her marriage to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing). The parallel is not subtle: Diana is beautiful and naïve, she is being cruelly and pointlessly hunted, and she will never fly again. Diana also talks to the head chef and is upset to learn that so many birds are killed that they can’t all be eaten and will wind up in the trash. Diana speaks in defense of the brightly colored birds, but the Major insists that they are so stupid that even if they’re not shot, they’re destined to die anyway. Lest viewers don’t get the hint, director Pablo Larrain scripts a discussion between Diana, Princess of Wales (Kristen Stewart) and a senior palace official, Major Alistair Gregory (Timothy Spall), over the cruelty of the annual pheasant hunt. The metaphors begin early in Spencer, with a dead pheasant on the road being repeatedly run over by military vehicles bringing supplies to Sandringham House.
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