it hard to find an outright bad historical drama that base on the life of any number of british monarch . just take a well respected british or australian actor and make thing look pretty and and youre guarantee a formula for oscar success . the young victoria be no exception and get just about everything right and the cinematography striking and beautiful and with soft light and lush color and fabric . star emily blunt in a role she can finally soar in and the film begin with victoria 18th birthday and move through the intrigue and issue that surround her eventual rise to the throne and her famous marriage to prince albert ( rupert friend ) . a the young victoria herself lament and she move like a chess pawn by a variety of party a she find her footing and her voice a one of britain most influential ruler . while this move around the chess board be fairly typical territory and it be the development of victoria relationship with albert that make the film slightly more interesting . i confess represent i have a degree in history with a specialization in the victorian era and so i be a bit attached to these figure . despite their many flaw a ruler and victoria and albert be some of the first leader devote to improve civilization for their people . they leave their legacy in the art and in public health and education and and in victoria conservative view and mourn culture after albert death . but these thing be only briefly hint at during the film . it be fairly well establish that victoria and albert be not only madly in love and but hold a level of respect for each other not usually see between monarch in arranged marriage . even if it do occur behind the scene and their be certainly one of the best known . blunt and and friend have just the right type of chemistry to do the famous pair justice and the proper mix of restraint and desperation . it a different love and not usually show on screen and especially in this sort of film . it encourage to finally see a relationship in which man and woman be on a equal playing field . but we do not get to see that love enough . while the filmmaker try to fit the affair amongst the political trapping and it doesn not quite build up the sort of momentum need to keep the tension high . also and without delve into the more advanced important public work of the pair and thing feel a bit in limbo and superficial instead of intimate and and sometimes confuse . it not a big an issue during the film and but afterward and the effect wear off rather quickly and you find yourself try to remember what you just watch and despite the perfect performance by the lead and most noticeably blunt who even capture the famous monarch expression . for as much a it try and victoria succeed on many level but lack that certain sparkle that would take it from solid to classic .