Olivier Dahan
Grace of Monaco
5.7 
2.1The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
- Director: Olivier Dahan
- Main Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella
- Soundtrack: Christopher Gunning
- Cinematography: Eric Gautier
- Screenplay: Arash Amel
Cinema Premiere: June 6, 2014
Foreign Reviews
19 foreign reviews of Grace of Monaco (2014)
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8 / 10
Translated from swedish: The settings, costumes, and outfits are beautiful, elegant, and period-accurate. The music has carefully balanced tones to find the right mood for the drama, tension, and sentimentality. We are taken on a journey that, in looking at Grace Kelly's life, somehow enchants us.
- Katarina BredbergSwedish: kulturbloggen.com »
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3 / 5
Translated from swedish: We never really get under the skin of Grace Kelly. But "Grace of Monaco" is still a fascinating story. A tale of how power and wealth don't automatically mean happiness.
- Jan-Olov AnderssonSwedish: aftonbladet.se »
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3 / 5
Translated from swedish: Cool but entertaining about princess problems
- Susanne Sigroth-LambeSwedish: unt.se »
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3 / 5
Translated from swedish: Anxiety, frustrations, and doubt rarely find their place in fairy tale books.
- Alexander KardeloSwedish: moviezine.se »
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6 / 10
Translated from swedish: "Grace of Monaco" opened the festival in Cannes recently and the reception was, to put it bluntly, merciless. But Nicole Kidman didn't need to apologize in the interviews. She is magnificent. And one positive thing must be said about the film – that it lets her be just that. Her towering figure dominates the men and the rooms. The camera gives her endless space without ever turning her into a sex object.
- Bodil JuggasSwedish: Arbetarbladet »
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6 / 10
Translated from swedish: This is essentially Nicole Kidman's film, and I couldn't help but think of Edda Magnuson in her portrayal of Monica Zetterlund. After a while, it feels like you're seeing the original on the big screen.
- Stefan AnderssonSwedish: gd.se »
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2 / 4
Translated from swedish: The characters constantly explain what they mean and there's no realistic flow, no authentic sense of life, nothing but soap opera drivel in fancy dress.
- Fredrik FyhrSwedish: fredrikfyhr.se »
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3 / 6
Translated from swedish: "Grace of Monaco" as a charming, romantic trifle probably deserves a passing grade, but as a memorable historical biographical film: not so much.
- Isabelle EspinozaSwedish: ng.se »
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4 / 10
Translated from swedish: A film for monarchists and tax evaders!
- Mats KolmisoppiSwedish: Helsingborgs Dagblad »
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2 / 5
Translated from swedish: Banal drama fails to breathe life into Grace
- Annika GustafssonSwedish: sydsvenskan.se »
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2 / 5
Translated from swedish: There's undeniably some quality on offer. The cinematography is ambitious and plays with contemporary framing and effects, and Nicole Kidman is, despite her stiff plastic surgery, still an expressive actress, but when clichés take control of a story about a human being, it rarely becomes particularly rewarding.
- Fredrik SahlinSwedish: svt.se »
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2 / 5
Translated from swedish: When you make a movie that rewrites history as much as they've done here and call it "Grace of Monaco", then I get disappointed.
- Björn JanssonSwedish: sverigesradio.se »
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4 / 10
Translated from swedish: As a film, "Grace of Monaco" is a thin and forgettable trifle.
- Pidde AnderssonSwedish: toppraffel.se »
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2 / 6
Translated from swedish: Uninteresting fluff without feeling
- Erika HallhagenSwedish: svd.se »
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3 / 10
Translated from swedish: The script is probably the film's greatest weakness, not only in its plot but also in dialogue it's at times catastrophic. Nicole Kidman does her best to give Grace Kelly the star quality a portrayal of her deserves, but it rarely gets through the clumsy formulations.
- Albin WesleySwedish: cine.se »
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1 / 5
Translated from swedish: Utterly boring princess on the loose. It could have been a delicious colorful candy about royalty, but there's hardly any spark from Nicole Kidman as Grace.
- Kerstin GezeliusSwedish: dn.se »
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1 / 5
Translated from swedish: Above all, it's quite an achievement to so catastrophically fail at telling a story that touches you in the slightest, despite having all the necessary ingredients at your disposal.
- Hannes DüklerSwedish: gp.se »
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2 / 10
Translated from swedish: The film's saving grace is the stunningly captivating images from the French Riviera. The story itself doesn't move you.
- Catarina BerglundSwedish: arbetet.se »
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Box Office
Grace of Monaco has earned a total of 27 515 247 dollars from cinemas across the world (the global box office).
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1. Filmeye
Translated from swedish: A fairy tale about the movie star who gets her prince and the principality of Monaco.
- Sovi Rydén
Swedish: filmeye.se »