Saturday Movie: Viceroy's House

The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Writers: Paul Mayeda Berges (screenplay by), Gurinder Chadha (screenplay by) | Narendra Singh Sarila (book)

 Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal 

Drama History / 1 h 46 min

Thoughts:

It felt messy. It started well, but then it also started to fall apart. The Boneville story mostly took place in dark rooms where met and discussed. Not the most enthralling, but I guess it could have been if it had only focused on that and later what followed, massacres and people fleeing, and war.

Then there was the lovestory between two servants, and that could have been interesting too. But not it felt choppy and I never saw them be in love. They just were. Because the story jumped between that and so much more. This could have been the main focus and in the background we could have seen what was happening.

As it was now, sort of boring and jumpy.

I did almost cry at the end though. That was the best part. Which is sad.