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Victoria and Abdul

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Directed by Stephen Frears
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tracey Seaward, and Beeban Kidron
Screenplay by Lee Hall Based on the book by Shrabani Basu
With: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon, Paul Higgins, Olivia Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Julian Wadham, Robin Soans, Ruth McCabe, and Simon Callow
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Editing: Melanie Oliver
Music: Thomas Newman
Runtime: 111 min
Release Date: 06 October 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Frears and Dench are always worth watching and Fazal charms as the hitherto unknown royal Munshi, but the tonal balance of this quasi-historical lark is not deft enough to inspire real satire or dramatic insight into England’s colonial past.