
Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's (Dame Judi Dench's) golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the Queen. As Victoria questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance that her household and inner circle try to destroy. As their friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes, joyfully reclaiming her humanity.... (Full plot summary below)
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Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's (Dame Judi Dench's) golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the Queen. As Victoria questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance that her household and inner circle try to destroy. As their friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes, joyfully reclaiming her humanity.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA delightful dramedy about the Queen of England's friendship with a 24-year-old Indian clerk. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceLeave it to Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen) and screenwriter Lee Hall to take hold of this chickenhearted subgenre and give it a generous shot of real-world political sass. |
| The Public (Buffalo)M. FaustFor the most part Victoria and Abdul is an Anglophile's delight. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedJudi Dench can do no wrong, and playing Queen Victoria for the second time in the richly satisfying Victoria and Abdul is an acting lesson par excellence that proves how rapturous it is to watch this great artist do everything right. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis is a very warm story about an unusual relationship surrounded by palace intrigue, power struggles and jealousy. It is about the loneliness of a world-weary Queen who finds the emotional support she needs in a man from a very different culture. |
| JWRS. James WeggAn Indian Muslim in Queen Victoria's Court |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallVictoria & Abdul is a small tale well told, a modest historical biopic allowing Dench a remarkable encore. |
| Deadline Hollywood DailyPete HammondThere is nothing like this dame when she plays a queen. Judi Dench shines again in a surprising royally entertaining tale from the great Stephen Frears. |
| PajibaKristy PuchkoEven in a movie that's meant to explore Abdul's role in the last days of Victoria's reign, he is an abstraction, pleasant but unknowable. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyThe two leads are superb. And the idea that two people -- separated by class, a creed, a continent and half a century - could still share such a perfect bond of innocent friendship seems like an awfully important one. |