Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Christy Leskovar A fairy tale with Charles de Gaulle as the Big Bad Wolf. By 1962, France's war in Algeria was getting expensive. De Gaulle's solution was to bully Monaco into imposing income taxes and give that tax money to France. He was angry that French businesses were relocating to no-income-tax Monaco. The opening says inspired by real events. The part about the dispute between France and Monaco really happened; however, the war in Algeria ended before events in the movie culminated. Apparently the Grimaldis were unhappy about the movie. It's a Weinstein movie and was not released in theaters. I saw it on Netflix. Nicole Kidman plays Princess Grace. The movie is longer than the story, some scenes come off as contrived, but it's a nice story and a nice movie. Not many of those around these days.

2jdv This film purports to be about a "moment in time" and based on "historical events" about Grace Kelly as Princess of Monaco, and it is an utter fabrication from beginning to end. Which would be fine as an imagining but it pretends to be a biopic, and it isn't. It is utterly inaccurate about Grace Kelly herself and the events it presents. It is demeaning both to her and to the history it misportrays. The writer and director obviously have no sense of shame whatsoever and did this film only with an eye on the buck they could make by cashing in on her fame. Fortunately, they lost their shirts on this turkey. Yes, Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth and Frank Angella, as always, did their best and were great. But they were horribly deceived about what this film would be. I think it's fun to reimagine history, but not when you pretend it's fact and completely misrepresent the truth. This film is a travesty of film-making, and a lesson in deception that film-makers should pay attention to. Making fools of us is not fun, or even, in this case, profitable.

RyanCShowers As this year's Cannes Film Festival adjourns its two-week celebration of new crops in the international film industry, the United States mainstream audience is finally being allotted a chance to see the film that opened the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, "Grace of Monaco." Though originally intended for a theatrical release, "Grace of Monaco" was broadcasted on television instead of a appearing in movie theaters. It aired on the Lifetime channel on Memorial Day and May 30. "Grace of Monaco" is now available to stream on Netflix as well.Nicole Kidman illuminates every frame of "Grace of Monaco" as Grace Kelly, the actress who became known for starring in Alfred Hitchcock films in the 1950s. Kelly married Prince Rainier III (portrayed in the film by Tim Roth), the monarch who ruled the sovereign nation of Monaco. After marrying him, she ended her successful film career to assume her most challenging role yet, the princess of Monaco. "Grace of Monaco" uses this crucial time in Kelly's life to tell a story about her crisis of confidence and identity. The film blends the drier facts with colorful fiction in attempts to give the audience an opportunity to explore Kelly's inner struggle surrounding her marriage and future career.Set in 1961, Prince Rainier III is engaged in a hostile political dispute with France's president, Charles de Gaulle, about his imposing of taxes on Monaco, while Alfred Hitchcock offers Grace the lead role in his next project, "Marnie." Grace has a desire to return to the film business, especially seeing the role of Marnie as something only a foolish actress would pass up. The film develops Grace's decision to pursue the film, or stay by her husband's side at the throne and aid Monaco through humanitarian efforts.Kidman is such an accomplished thespian; she deserves her place as one of the top actresses in the film industry. And with opportunities for female actors decreasing every day, Kidman seems starved to leave her next mark on Hollywood's acting landscape. Her hunger for a great role is seen in her emotive portrayal of Grace, a character that was tailor-made for the actress playing her to prosper. In 2002, Kidman rendered author Virginia Woolf in "The Hours" and it won her an Academy Award. Like that performance, she does not imitate the real-life woman but forms her own version of the character in this fictional retelling of a real-life situation.I had the privilege of reading the script for "Grace of Monaco" over a year before seeing it, and imagined it had the possibility to get under Grace Kelly's skin the way "My Week with Marilyn" calculated Marilyn Monroe's deeper feelings about being a celebrity. The film was expected to be a hit for Kidman, enough so to earn her a second Academy Award. But the high expectations of many were met with a dismal reaction from fastidious critics at Cannes, one of the most prestigious film events of the year.Instead of being seen on the big screen, "Grace of Monaco" now has the jurisdiction of Lifetime television. Though the exhibition change may make you cautious about devoting two hours of your time to the movie, you may find the finished product to overcome some of the rotten buzz surrounding it. The film undeniably has some vapid shortcomings that needed ironed out—the middle of the film loses its grasp on the narrative focus and many viewers may find is French director Olivier Dahan's artsy approach to be disorienting for this more conventional story. But the truth is, emerging to the general public on broadcast television is a more appropriate fit for the tone of "Grace of Monaco."Premiering to America through a more accessible medium could open up more possibilities than the original hesitation first imposed from those who saw it at Cannes last year. Television has emerged as adult territory and the cinema as more of a teenage boy's playground full of superheroes flying through the air and explosions detonating. Moving to a television broadcast allows the people "Grace of Monaco" was made for, adults, to watch it (for free). When has this opportunity ever presented itself before: Nicole Kidman playing Grace Kelly in a film that is dosed in dazzling splendor. It may be the only time a movie on Lifetime will ever look this aesthetically ravishing. You could mute the television and just stare for days at golden photography, marvelous costumes, and magnificent sets.* * .5 / * * * *Grade: C+

mattker Among some other mistakes, we can notice that "left handed" Nicole Kidman plays a "right handed" famous actress, that is, Grace Kelly. Watch when she signs an autograph before entering the Red Cross ball. It is strange that nobody mentioned that point before. On the other hand, I agree with people who found the script very poor. And what about Charles de Gaulle using English language. Most of all, not speaking French with Rainier. By the way, it is very funny to hear "Ray" for Rainier. I do not think this was actually the way people called him, besides Grace Kelly, of course.So, in a way or another,I think this film deserves its fate, that is to be shown only on TV.