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Victoria and Abdul

2017 · 112 min

A warm, bittersweet historical drama with a sharp eye for court hypocrisy, anchored by a tender central friendship.

Tagline: History's most unlikely friendship.
Overview: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, class, race, power
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
class
race
power
betrayal
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild