Victoria and Abdul

History’s most unlikely friendship.

When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.

112 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Prejudice).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

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Credits

Cast	Judi Dench, Olivia Williams, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar
Director	Stephen Frears
Screenplay	Lee Hall, from the book by Shrabani Basu
Music	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Danny Cohen
Editing	Melanie Oliver
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	UIP
Made in	2017
Produced by	BBC Films, Cross Street Films, Perfect World Pictures, Working Title Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Biographical drama
Language	Mild to moderate, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low, very infrequent
Prejudice	Fairly frequent, low impact
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and language
Runtime	112
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 11 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane The story of a forbidden friendship.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Hierdie Victoria sal jy wil ontmoet.	15
Cape Times Mehboob Bawa Right royal friendship - two worlds meet.	10
24.com Gabi Zietsman Victoria and Abdul is a slow-paced film with little in the way of dramatic twists and climaxes, but the quiet introspections and conversation between the two leads more than makes up for the lack of excitement in the plot.	15
Metacritic.com 25 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Victoria & Abdul reunites Dame Judi Dench with the role of Queen Victoria -- which is all this period drama needs to overcome its imbalanced narrative.	13
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Dench is fabulous in fascinating but underdeveloped story.	10
What the People say
Rottentomatoes users 3619 users	12
IMDB 154 Netizens	12
Average .. 61%	12