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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381314922
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 36421
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 2001
Editorial Review:
Description:
In this charming and inspirational story, a young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast from society transforms an entire community. As a rural New Zealand town excitedly prepares for a visit from the Queen of England, the townspeople pressure Hira, an elderly Maori woman (Vicky Haughton, Whale Rider), to sell her rickety shack that has long been an embarrassment to the town. No one is more excited to meet the Queen than 13-year-old Elizabeth, but when she meets Hira and hears her compelling stories of her tribe's history and culture, she is forever changed and moved by the old woman's great wisdom and kindness. Now the friendship sends troubling repercussions through the rest of her life and could cost her everything she has long cherished. A touching drama for all ages, this endearing, bittersweet coming-of-age tale about one young girl's struggle for justice will leave you cheering!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nice movie about New Zealand
This is a nice movie in which one learns a lot about New Zealand culture. The protagonist is a likeable young girl and the Maori lady is a very interesting one. i found it under the Family film genre, and I'm not quite sure I'd put it under that category. While the protagonist is young there were a few of the more minor swear words in the movie, an underlying crush between the girl and her much older marching instructor, and a touch of idolatry in one scene. Admittedly, the film leaves one ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Storyline, BUT. . . . . . .
The storyline of this movie would have made a great family film; the leading girl, Elizabeth, is a precious, worthy child-full of loyalty and goodness. BUT there are also some VERY BAD, unnecessary sections. Elizabeth's older brother has the most vulgar, disgusting mouth. He cusses several times and is down right cruel to his sister. His conduct towards her is abominable. Elizabeth has a crush on her adult band director and in her brother's mean attempt to show her the band director would not return ... Read More
Rating:  - A Superb Family Film
I recently bought the DVD of "Her Majesty" from Amazon, and I have found it one of the best family films I have ever seen. Virtually everything about this movie is near perfect.
Set in 1953 New Zealand, this movie features an all local cast who give stellar performances.
The story- a mixture of fact and fantasy- is believable and just complex enough to keep both adult and child viewers entralled.
Sally Andrews plays the central character, 12 year-old Elizabeth ... Read More
Rating: - Fantasies, Truth, Justice, and Redemption
This 2001 film shows off the beauty of New Zealand, and recreates the grace and charm of its society in the 1950s when it hosted the newly coronated Queen Elizabeth II.
In some ways, I view this fictional story of a fantasy-prone teenaged girl as a counterpart to the tragic true-to-life story of two fantasy-prone teenaged girls in need of a reality check, portrayed in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures", which took place in New Zealand around the same time. But Director Mark J. Gordon's tale ... Read More
Rating: - A lovely film
Set in the 1950s, a young girl named Elizabeth is enthralled by the recent coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She daydreams about meeting the Queen and begins a letter writing campaign to invite Elizabeth II to visit. The town is thrown into a frenzy when the news comes that the Queen has placed Middleton on her itinerary for the upcoming royal visit to New Zealand.
An old Maori tribeswoman soon becomes the target of many of the leading citizens' rage because they consider her ramshackle house, ... Read More
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