The Queen of Spain

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The Queen of Spain

2016

2h 8m

Comedy

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Eighteen years after fleeing Nazi Germany, Spanish film actress Macarena Granada becomes a major Hollywood star. She returns to Spain to play Isabella I of Castille, surrounded by showbiz hype.

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

Watching here feels akin to peeking at a private love letter from an artist to his art, an experience that will fascinate some and off-put many.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 6, 2017

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

It's fun, involving off-set sexual escapades and a scheme to rescue a back-from-the-dead film director from a work camp.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 25, 2017

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

The Queen of Spain can only offer scant entertainment for movie buffs and non-movie buffs alike.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 18, 2017

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Between the screwball comedy, historical perspective, lacklustre musical number in the film-within-the-film and story of intrigue, what should have been a breezy farce is a bit of a slog.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2021

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Christopher Preston

One Room With A View

The Queen of Spain...has to pose this question to start its engine: is this needed? Unfortunately, the answer is a resolute "no".

Rated: 2/5

Mar 7, 2019

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A well-acted, but overlong, clunky, and underwhelming satire.

Rated: 5.78/10

Sep 17, 2017

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crustina d

This movie is as bad as what the audience and critics on this platform have rated it -- which is an anomaly in its self. It's a muddled attempt some sort of mockumentary, missing the tone and cadence entirely. That said, Penelope Cruz is a goddess and perhaps the most talented actor of her generation, and can do no wrong, and is not to blame for any of the malfunctions of this film, which is about 95% bad. Save your time. Save your strength. Save your money. I love you Penelope!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Good lord I loved this movie, full of charm, humor, wonderful acting and writing. Quirky characters and hilarious scenes. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasently surprised. I was also surprised by the bad reviews. Must have been a bad bach of humorless dolts that just happened by.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

I ignored the bad reviews and discovered this to be a great movie Ok this is not close to be a masterpiece or a disruptive movie, but it is not bad at all. The thing is that everyone values it as a mediocre bad sequel, i walked in to this movie without knowing it had a prequel and i spent a great time watching a crazy plot with funny unique characters in very clever situations for humor. Cool down sometimes a bad sequel can still be a great entretaining movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Fernando Trueba

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Macarena Granada

Antonio Resines

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Synopsis

Eighteen years after fleeing Nazi Germany, Spanish film actress Macarena Granada becomes a major Hollywood star. She returns to Spain to play Isabella I of Castille, surrounded by showbiz hype.

Director: Fernando Trueba
Producer: Penélope Cruz, Mercedes Gamero, Mikel Lejarza
Screenwriter: Fernando Trueba
Production Co: Fernando Trueba P.C., S.A., Atresmedia Cine
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 29, 2017
Runtime: 2h 8m

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