Matilda

The actors have not reached a high level of quality; the plot tries in vain to show us a romantic story that has never been that way. In the end, bad women without morals will always exist but they will never have a successful future.

It's fantastical new movie made by one of the best modern Russian director Aleksey Uchitel. Definitely, you can't recognised this movie as "the real" story - and so what? Yes, it's another beautiful fairy tail about Love, but how professionally it was done! Perfect costumes, perfect casting, perfect example of "virtual history" (sort of "virtual history" we all know from ancient classic Latin writers), very dynamic, very, very, very!

The main drama of the movie is the conflict between THE LOVE and THE ONUS, and if the Emperor of Russian Empire could have the choice in it (it's an ancient dilemma of the world: Love vs Onus).

IMHO all the scandal around this movie happened in Russia (organised by Orthodox church) is total fake and totally idiotic!

9 from 10 without any doubts! This movie must be seen! Thank you Mr. Uchitel!

First off this is a film not a documentary or a historical event so people complaining of inaccuracies are simple minded. Beautiful set! Beautiful costumes and although I wanted a little more in depth at both characters I enjoyed this film. I'm a lover of Russian culture, history and language. I found this film to be wonderfully done with portrayal of Nicholas to be splendid. I did find the ending to be a little rushed or I guess "off" kind of thrown in our faces instead of tied together. Nevertheless I enjoyed it and will watch again.

The sets and costumes are reason alone for watching this movie. It's amazingly produced. If you accept the story is a melodramatic exaggeration of the facts then it's exciting and entertaining. One flaw is the cast Nicky and Alix don't look much like the people they are playing. Just accept it as a fantasy version of history and you'll have a good time. The subtitles are hard to read.

The costumes, the atmosphere, the mixture of drama and tragic romance are seductive in high measure. but , for an Orthodox Christian like me, "Matilda"remains, more than a film, a terrible lie . sure, the term is not soft, but it represents a pure blasphemy. not only for the different image of a saint martyr. but for the desire of director to give a kitsch fairy tale, in impressive package/clothes, about a poor man under the hard times. "Matilda" propose an alternative story about Saint Nicholas II Romanov. and, if you see it as fiction, it works in some measure ( sure, if the expectations are low ). as portrait of the Tsar, it is a huge and impolite and absurde lie. but the success has not moral. and the ambition to propose something real strong, at the border of sacrilege, it is not exactly a surprise. because the soap operas ( "Matilda" is a slice from that genre ) are easy shows especially for the silly absurd stories. unfurnatelly, it is a real bad film.