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5.2/10 • 16

2024-04-051h 31m

ComedyAdventure

Sucks to be queen.

An arrogant queen becomes a fugitive in her own land after being overthrown by a charismatic revolutionary and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne.

Directors
Curtis Vowell
Writters
Andy Riley
Editors
Andy Riley, Richard Shaw

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  1. Aimee Lou Wood

    Aimee Lou Wood

    Queen Dagan

  2. Lolly Adefope

    Lolly Adefope

    Shulmay

  3. Nicola Coughlan

    Nicola Coughlan

    Humble Joan

  4. Jessica Hynes

    Jessica Hynes

    Leofwine

  5. Nick Frost

    Nick Frost

    Bobik

  6. Paul Kaye

    Paul Kaye

    King Ivarr

  7. Nitin Ganatra

    Nitin Ganatra

    Witgar the Baker

  8. Murray McArthur

    Murray McArthur

    Ur-Nammu

  9. John Macmillan

    John Macmillan

    King Guthrum

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CinemaSerf

Apr 10, 2024

6/10

Does anyone remember "Boudica" (2019)? Well this is in the same sort of vein but a little better. "Dagan" (Aimee Lou Wood) is the hated queen of a realm that is being taken over by the woman-of-the-people who is "Humble Joan" (Nicola Coughlan doing her best Jeanette Krankie impersonation) who has discovered the power of gunpowder. Luckily for the overthrown queen, she has one loyal servant and she - "Shulmay (Lolly Adefope) has her head screwed on well enough to get them to safety. Then it's a trek 140 miles to the sea where they are to meet the queen's foreign relatives who have apparently promised military aide. En route they encounter the nice-but-dim "Bobik" (Nick Frost) and have some adventures staying one step ahead of the pursuing turncoat "Leofwine" (Jessica Hynes) and avoiding potential betrayal in every village where people would happily turn them in for the 200 pieces of silver reward. This might have done better as an half hour comedy sketch, but stretching it out for ninety minutes was a mistake. There's nowhere near enough substance in either the script nor the characterisations to sustain it for that long. Wood is quite funny for the first five minutes as the stroppy and spoilt woman with the legendary perfect feet and a crown, but there's only so much toilet humour I can be bothered with before I start to look around the cinema at others doing the same. There's a little very black comedy at the end but by then I was largely disinterested. It's a film for the television on a dark night after a few beers when you've got some mates in. As a piece of stand-alone cinema, even with what must have been a pretty shoestring budget, it's a bit puerile and really quite disappointing.

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Original Language
English
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