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But abstract, arty guesswork isn't an especially revelatory substitution for biopic convention. (Some have even started wondering if he might next tackle Britney Spears.) Each portrait is sensitive and exploratory. In both вЂњJackieвЂќ and вЂњSpencer,вЂќ LarraГn deserves credit for so avoiding the expected biopic structure. вЂњSpencerвЂќ is introduced as вЂњa fable from a true tragedy.вЂќ вЂњSpencerвЂќ includes brief appearances of Charles (Jack Farthing) and Queen Elizabeth II (Stella Gonet), but LarraГn's film exists in a dreamy and stylish remove that is sketched entirely from Diana's distraught interior. Once she arrives late, Diana remains solitary. As everyone gawks, she feigns the lost princess, soaking up the scene.

Her suspicious minder is a major (Timothy Spall) and the cook (Sean Harris) quotes the battle speech from вЂњHenry V.' вЂњWill they kill me?вЂќ Diana asks him, referring to the royal family.Д«ut before we meet them, Diana breezily meanders the nearby hills in her convertible. All of the royal trappings in вЂњSpencerвЂќ are militaristic and, we gather, potentially fatal for Diana. LarraГn opens the film with an army cavalcade down a tree-lined road to Sandringham - heavy-duty preparations for the holiday. 'Other peopleвЂ™s madness.вЂќД«ut it's a while before Diana comes into contact with almost anyone. In вЂњSpencer,вЂќ the family already has its knives out for Diana. Diana is aware by now of Charles' affair with Camilla Parker Bowles this Christmas gathering was when she supposedly decided to end the marriage. The year is 1991, six years before Diana's death but at the height of her discord with the royal family. It is often like that in вЂњSpencer,' penned with too often on-the-nose poignancy by Steven Knight ('Eastern Promises,' вЂњLocke'). When she sneaks out at night and guards come upon her with flashlights, Diana tells them, вЂњSay you saw a ghost.вЂќ вЂњSpencer,вЂќ which opens in theaters Friday, is more like a ghost story - a dreamy, luxe version of вЂњThe Shining,вЂќ with the Overlook Hotel swapped for the QueenвЂ™s Sandringham Estate, where Princess Diana mostly wanders in isolation and suffocating unease. вЂњJackieвЂќ had the prickly edges of a psychological thriller and draped itself in the memories of a grieving past. Here, again, is an empathetic but arch character study (this time the jazzy score is by Jonny Greenwood) about persona and personhood in a 20th century cauldron of fame and tragedy.

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It wasn't so long ago that the Chilean director LarraГn crafted another meditation of mythmaking in the similarly conceptual, вЂњJackie.вЂќ It, too, was a elegantly stylish movie with a captivating leading performance in Natalie Portman as Jaqueline Kennedy and a piercing, discordant score by Mica Levi. So why is the rest of Pablo LarraГnвЂ™s вЂњSpencer' such a hollow exercise in high camp? The casting, with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, is brilliant, and the ending, in a top-down convertible, is sublime. 1 of3 This image released by Neon shows Kristen Stewart in a scene from 'Spencer.' (Pablo Larrain/Neon via AP) Pablo Larrain/AP Show More Show Less 2 of3 This image released by Neon shows Kristen Stewart in a scene from 'Spencer.' (Pablo Larrain/Neon via AP) Pablo Larrain/AP Show More Show Less 3 of3 This image released by Neon shows Kristen Stewart in a scene from 'Spencer.' (Pablo Larrain/Neon via AP) Pablo Larrain/AP Show More Show Less

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