The Madness of King George (1994)
Genre: Comedy / History
Duration: 107 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren and Ian Holm
IMDb score:
7,2 (19.106)
Releasedate: 28 December 1994
The Madness of King George plot
"His Majesty was all powerful and all knowing. But he wasn't quite all there."
Film adaptation of the life of the English king, George III, who suffered from a peculiar illness. England 1788, King George III loses his sanity. He spews the greatest nonsense, touches all the women and keeps the entire court awake with monotonous concerts. His son, who has long been seeking the throne, places him under the watchful eye of a doctor. Believing that her husband will recover, the Queen goes in search of a specialist. King George is liberated in the nick of time and declared healthy. But is he completely cured?
Actors and actresses
George III
Queen Charlotte
Willis
Fitzroy
Lady Pembroke
Greville
Warren
Pitt
Thurlow
Prince of Wales
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 12476 messages
- 10597 votes
Reasonable film in which the mental state of King George is the cause of many intrigues. The mix of drama and comedy does not always work well here, so that the whole is sometimes a bit unbalanced. Despite the pretty nice decoration and a good leading role by Nigel Hawthorne, not always very entertaining.
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Theunissen
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- 11716 messages
- 5437 votes
Nice true costume drama (with a comic undertone) about the life of the unusual English king George III, which has already been shown hundreds of times on the television channel AMC. But because I have never seen this film, I had a good look at it on this television channel.
Despite the fact that the crazy story is interesting and fascinating and there are some smiles here and there, this film mainly relies on the dialogues (not always very interesting) and of course the beautiful locations, sets, costumes and wigs. So visually it all looks nice. The role of King George III is also well and convincingly played by Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren in the role of Queen Charlotte is also heard, although it is certainly not her strongest role in a film and her role is also somewhat limited. What was also somewhat enjoyable for me to watch this film was the starring of Amanda Donohoe (as Lady Pembroke) who I used to think was a beautiful woman (especially her role in the otherwise mediocre film "[ url=http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/5762]Castaway (1986)" I enjoyed). Here and there the film is a bit boring and perhaps also long-winded.
Although I certainly didn't think it was a high-quality film, I did have a good time with it and it also looked nice.
PS Ian Holm's role as Willis was also very creditable.
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pynnebrouck
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- 2 messages
- 1 votes
The Madness of King George is a beautiful film about King George III and his poor mental health in particular. In the film I missed some exciting elements, which made me not curious about the sequel of the film. Although I didn't think it was a high-quality film, I did enjoy it while watching the film.
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