Absolutely Fantastic

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I was expecting this show "for the ladies", something like "Dynasty" of the past with Joan Collins.Surprisingly... wasn't at all! It's a well setup drama, a good biography, digging in a lot to the "closed doors" British Royal walls. The plot/story is great; Thxs God every episode is focusing on different character, like "Band of Brothers" did also and we didn't bored. Obviously, Queen Elisabeth is the "main focus" in every episode, but not so much. You have a character's story in every episode to deal with.The screenplay is great, the actors playing amazing,... I mean... wtf!!! I didn't expected this show to be SO GOOD!!!!They gave me all the DVDs (both seasons) together, I started this past Wednesday and... yesterday I watched the 10th episode of the second season!!!!!! I watched both seasons in almost 4 days - and be advised, each episode is 1 hr long!!!!!AMAZING show, start watching it now.I CAN'T WAIT till 2019 for the third season!!!!

Wow! is just word for this Drama. I was quite concerned about the show that whether I should go for it or not since I was up to Game Of Thrones lately. I hope you are aware about the level of GOT series. Trust me! you won't be agitated. It will probably hook you up. So there is no escape one you are in "THE CROWN": an instance of amazing direction, Commendable conspiracy.

My review isn't an account of, how dare she say - "Or they might get silly ideas of getting independence," or fume over Prince Philip's family's association with the Nazi or Winston Churchill's policies and outlook towards the commonwealth. These are all events in history. They did happen. They haven't embellished or sugar coated it and have in several episodes "quoted" every historically accurate verbal discourse of various views on varying topics of the common wealth. As long as one remembers that these are all events from the "Past" and not how the world is today, we can actually praise the makers of the show for the portrayal of the Crown.Claire Foy has done a stellar job of portraying the young princess who marries Duke of Edinburgh at 21. For us born in the 80's, we've only seen the "grey queen" with no smile on her face. Seeing Claire Foy on screen, I had to remind myself that the Queen was once young and like you and I, had absolutely(well not entirely) no worries. The moment King George VI takes ill and things gradually fall on her shoulders we see her becoming the Queen.As a Head of the State she has done a LOT of unconventional things. She isn't as narrow minded as I thought and she has spirit and spunk.As Season 1 of the series came to a close and Season 2 began we see how the media covered her personal life and on the other hand when Churchill is more worried about Prince Philip flying instead of the crisis at hand we see how cunningly Winston Churchill turned the entire event in his favour whilst using the press as his pawn.The Queen triumphs in Ghana and manages to steer them from Russia and it is reported all over the world, thanks to the press. In the very same episode we see Jackie Kennedy's clothes stained with her husband's blood and we hear the queen gasp and say, "That is deliberate." I don't know if it is just me or if others noticed the gradual progress of how aggressive the journalists become. I believe it is something to look forward to as seasons 3 and 4 will have the Queen dealing with Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana.I can't wait for the new season!My rating: 4.2/5 Recommend: If you love history but aren't into reading, watch this series. If you love history and love reading, join me in tsk-ing every time a certain bit is exaggerated.

One of the finest shows I've ever watched. It features excellent writing, acting, and very high production values. Even though all the actors are great Claire Foy and John Lithgow's performances as Queen Elizabeth II and Winston Churchill are fantastic!! Everything in this show is at its best. The back-ground score and the locations, especially the Barkingham Palace shown are awesome (now I know why it's the most expensive TV series ever created). I went into watching this show thinking I would be bored, but to my surprise it's become one of my favourite shows.I feel this is once in a lifetime series which you should watch. Experience larger than life with "THE CROWN".