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Grace de Monaco

Original title: Grace of Monaco
  • 2014
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 43m
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5.7/10
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Nicole Kidman in Grace de Monaco (2014)
A snapshot of a year in the life of Grace Kelly as she strived to reconcile her past and her present, a yearning for a return to the big screen with her newfound role as a mother of two, monarch of a European principality and wife to Prince Ranier III.
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The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming... Read allThe story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

  • Director
    • Olivier Dahan
  • Writer
    • Arash Amel
  • Stars
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Tim Roth
    • André Penvern
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    • Director
      • Olivier Dahan
    • Writer
      • Arash Amel
    • Stars
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Tim Roth
      • André Penvern
    • 107User reviews
    • 121Critic reviews
    • 21Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Grace
    Tim Roth
    Tim Roth
    • Prince Rainier
    André Penvern
    André Penvern
    • Charles de Gaulle
    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Francis Tucker
    Paz Vega
    Paz Vega
    • Maria Callas
    Parker Posey
    Parker Posey
    • Madge
    Milo Ventimiglia
    Milo Ventimiglia
    • Rupert Allan
    Geraldine Somerville
    Geraldine Somerville
    • Princess Antoinette
    Nicholas Farrell
    Nicholas Farrell
    • Jean-Charles Rey
    Robert Lindsay
    Robert Lindsay
    • Aristotle Onassis
    Derek Jacobi
    Derek Jacobi
    • Count Fernando D'Aillieres
    • (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
    Jeanne Balibar
    Jeanne Balibar
    • Countess Baciochi
    Flora Nicholson
    Flora Nicholson
    • Phyllis
    Yves Jacques
    Yves Jacques
    • Mr. Delavenne
    Olivier Rabourdin
    Olivier Rabourdin
    • Emile Pelletier
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    • Hitchcock
    • (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
    Jean Dell
    • Denard
    Philip Delancy
    • McNamara
    • Director
      • Olivier Dahan
    • Writer
      • Arash Amel
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    7Figgy66-915-598470

    Worth watching for the story

    11 June 2014 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - Grace of Monaco. Generally slated by the critics I decided to see this film anyway and I was glad I did. A fictional story based on true events, this enjoyable film was a very haunting portrayal of Grace Kelly's move from Hollywood Princess to Royal Princess and the difficulties that arose during the transition. Centred around the very trying times when Charles de Gaulle was trying to gain control of Monaco, Grace Kelly was portrayed as a lost figure. Lost in her marriage, lost in her identity and lost in her way. Unfortunately, Nicole Kidman, although a very accomplished actress who was dressed well and at time did look very much the princess, did not convince me that she was Princess Grace. For starters physically she was too red, Grace Kelly was blonde, not a Marilyn Monroe sort of blonde but a regal blonde, and a serene blonde, Nicole just looked like a red head, furthermore she didn't make me believe that she was Grace Kelly, I just felt that I could see many of her other parts all tumbling together to try to encompass this icon of movie and Royal history. Having said that, I don't know exactly who could have played the part of Princess Grace of Monaco.........except perhaps ......... Grace Kelly!!!!!
    3shawneofthedead

    There isn't much grace to be had in this formless, awkwardly-scripted and executed biopic.

    Biopics will always come with their fair share of controversy - doubts will inevitably be raised about whether the subject in question was well-served by the film and his or her characterisation therein. Even so, Grace Of Monaco arrives in cinemas dogged by an outsized share of debate and, well, debacle. The script has been openly decried by Princess Grace's children and the entire project overwhelmingly reviled by critics across the world. Distributor Harvey Weinstein reportedly riled French director Olivier Dahan by cooking up an alternative cut of the film. Of course, it's Dahan's version that has premiered in Cannes, to widespread critical derision, so one can't help wondering if Weinstein's cut might actually be better. That's a lot of weight and scandal for one film to bear, most of which is - unfortunately - borne out by the final product.

    It's possible to see why everyone involved might have been optimistic about the project. After all, the film purports to pick apart the fairy tale that is Grace Kelly's life - a legendary Hollywood actress finds and marries her real-life prince. In reality, Grace (Nicole Kidman) is struggling to find her place in the tiny principality of Monaco. As she contemplates returning to Hollywood to make another picture - Marnie - with Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths), Grace's husband, Prince Rainier (Tim Roth), finds himself trapped in an increasingly tense face-off with French President Charles De Gaulle. Add in courtly intrigue, an identity crisis or two, a fairytale romance gone a little bit wrong - and it seems the perfect way for Dahan to make his Hollywood debut.

    However, much of the sensitivity demonstrated by Dahan in La Vie En Rose, his lovely, bittersweet biopic of Edith Piaf, has been lost in translation. Grace Of Monaco plays far too frequently at the full, high pitch of soapy melodrama, the converging story lines somehow managing to feel overwrought and inconsequential at the same time. Grace frets about her role as wife, mother and princess; Rainier broods moodily about the fate of Monaco; we're led to suspect that Grace's handmaiden Madge (Parker Posey) is a spy within her inner circle - huge, important events within the narrative of the film, but all of them are rendered in paper-thin characterisation and overly ponderous dialogue.

    As the film stumbles towards its unlikely climax, it becomes harder and harder to take it seriously. The unravelling threads of Grace's life are clumsily woven together by what amounts to Grace undergoing princess training at the hands of Sir Derek Jacobi's Count Fernando: a montage that would feel clumsy even if grafted into My Fair Lady or The Princess Diaries. Grace Of Monaco also runs afoul of a few odd directorial choices. It's no exaggeration to say that Dahan makes the most excessive use of the close-up since Tom Hooper in Les Miserables - in narrowing the frame to an almost unbearable degree, his camera practically assaults his actors' eyeballs on several occasions.

    To be fair to the cast, they try - particularly Kidman, who seems quite committed to giving as rounded a performance of the trapped princess as she can, whatever her director or screenwriter might have in store for her. Her efforts aren't enough to salvage the film but, at least, she's not adding to its many problems. Other reliably good actors chew over but fail to elevate the mediocre script: Roth's Rainier remains a frustratingly opaque character, while Frank Langella is quite wasted as Father Francis Tucker, a pastor whose strangely controlling relationship with Grace adds a few more wrinkles to the already oddly-constructed plot.

    In effect, Grace Of Monaco brings to mind that other mess of a princess biopic: Diana. Both films have impressive pedigrees, from director to headlining actress, and both seem to have completely failed to grasp - much less do justice to - their subject. In a pinch, Grace Of Monaco is the (slightly) better film: there are more complexities at play here that can be glimpsed amidst the shilly-shallying of the script. There is, at least, more of an attempt made to look beyond the princess' love story to find the person within. That's not saying much, however. For the most part, Grace Of Monaco is an awkward, frustrating watch - one that ultimately fails to establish its title character as either person or princess.
    2klasol

    Let's mess up history then, shall we?

    The bad thing about messing up history and making a movie about a real person that is not based on facts but fiction is that we tend to remember the movie. So, now thousands of people will believe that Kelly saved Monaco (de Gaulle never went to any ball, the situation was negotiated peacefully with France at the end). They will believe that the marriage with the prince did not include numerous extramarital affairs on both sides and they will believe that Grace was as tall and elegant as Nicole Kidman, the perfect princess. Too bad, because reality was good enough. The movie is beautiful, superbly esthetic, but that is all.
    8oneleggoalie

    Never Read Critiques Before Watching

    A classic example of a fun and very watchable movie blighted by wrong expectations...biased sentiments...and unfathomable demands.

    This film clearly states at the start that it is a "fictional story based on true events"...and as such should be viewed as pure entertainment.

    It's a small movie with big aspirations...and just plain fun to watch.

    Strong acting...not easily pulled off...and highly professional.

    Watched it on Netflix with no expectations...found myself pleasantly and sometimes emotionally invested in the "fairytale"...and like all good fairy tales...this is dark in surprising ways.

    Watch it for the cast...and don't be too harsh.
    6girvsjoint

    Far from Graceless

    First of all, this is not a biography, it's about an event that apparently took place in Monaco in the early 1960's. The French President deciding Monaco should pay taxes to France? After all the negative reviews, I was expecting the worst, but was surprised I quite enjoyed it. Nicole Kidman was most effective as Grace Kelly, and I can't think of anyone else today who could have handled that difficult role so well. Tim Roth was not as good looking as the real Prince Rainier, and Nicole's 5'11" towered over him. I thought the guy who played Hitchcock was better than the recent screen versions! Perhaps the film should have been titled 'Monaco in Crisis' or some such, so as not to mislead people into thinking this would be a bio of Grace Kelly?

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    • Trivia
      In January 2013, more than a year before the release of this movie, Grace Kelly's children Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, issued a joint statement saying they had no association with the production. The family added that this movie contains major historical inaccuracies, and that Director Olivier Dahan ignored their requests for changes.
    • Goofs
      On the map Russia's Baltic seaport is named "St. Petersburg." From 1924 to 1991, the city's name was "Leningrad."
    • Quotes

      Francis Tucker: [in a letter] Long after I'm gone, long after the House of Grenaldie has fallen, the world is going to remember your name, your Highness. You are the fairytale, the serenity to which we all aspire. And peace will come when you embrace the roles you have been destined to play: devoted mother, loyal wife, compassionate leader. Up against a task larger than yourself, you will overcome your fears. Those that preceded you will be forgotten. Those that follow you will be inspired by your strength and endurance. For no matter where you are in years to come, they will continue to whisper your name, the Princess Grace.

    • Alternate versions
      According to the Trivia section: There are three different versions of this movie: One cut from Director Olivier Dahan that premiered at Cannes in 2014, another cut by Writer and Producer Arash Amel at the behest of the North American distributor The Weinstein Company, and a third cut that was shown on Lifetime in May 2015.
    • Connections
      Featured in Film '72: Episode dated 5 March 2014 (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Time Flows Like Tears
      by Fox

      Performed by Fox

      Drums: Vincent Taeger

      Acoustic Guitar and Bass: Ludovic Bruni

      Piano and Synths: Vincent Taurelle

      Additional Guitars: Philippe Almosnino

      Music Producer: Renaud Letang, assisted by Thomas Moulin

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 2014 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Italy
      • Belgium
      • United States
      • Luxembourg
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Grace of Monaco
    • Filming locations
      • Monaco
    • Production companies
      • Stone Angels
      • YRF Entertainment
      • Umedia
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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,515,247
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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