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Royal Night Out, A (12A)

Drama, Romance, Thriller

On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance.


The critical consensus

The ingredients are here for a sweet, amusing royal fantasy for teenage girls. No matter that no one really knows what happened during those few hours, so long as what the filmmakers craft is credible.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 10/05/2015

ender, funny and occasionally raucous, it's what the tabloids might call a right royal knees-up.

****(*)James Mottram, The List, 11/05/2015

A cheerful comedy-drama with charm to spare.

***(*)(*)Olly Richards, Empire Online, 11/05/2015

The princesses party like it’s 1945 in a slightly stiff period drama that might, nonetheless, prove to be this year’s The King’s Speech. America will adore it.

***(*)(*)Jamie Graham, Total Film, 11/05/2015

The antics of Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth, who were allegedly allowed out to cavort with the masses on VE night, are presented as tame, trivial and sexless.

**(*)(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 14/05/2015

This is a poignant and entertaining affair, with enough of a satirical edge not just to seem like an exercise in cosy British nostalgia.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 14/05/2015

Some of the secondary characters veer into ludicrous Allo Allo accents and performances and the whole thing is utterly preposterous and yet, somehow preposterously fun.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 17/05/2015

An imagined VE Day knees-up for the two young princesses is trashy fun from start to finish.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 17/05/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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