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William & Kate: The Movie

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William & Kate: The Movie
DVD Cover (Region 2)
Written byNancey Silvers
Directed byMark Rosman
StarringNico Evers-Swindell
Camilla Luddington
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersEileen Fields
Lina Wong
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
EditorCharles Bornstein
Running time87 minutes
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseApril 18, 2011 (2011-04-18)

William & Kate: The Movie is the first of two unrelated American television films about the relationship between Prince William and Catherine "Kate" Middleton (now The Prince and Princess of Wales), directed by Mark Rosman and written by Nancey Silvers. The film was a ratings success, despite the negative reception from critics. The second film William & Catherine: A Royal Romance was produced by the Hallmark Channel and released in August 2011.

Produced by Lifetime, the filming of William & Kate took place mostly in Los Angeles, with some second unit location filming in the United Kingdom, and the release date was April 18, 2011.[1][2] This came eleven days before the wedding of William and Catherine on April 29, 2011.[3]

Kate Middleton is played by Camilla Luddington, an English-born actress, while the part of William was taken by Nico Evers-Swindell, a New Zealander.[4]

Cast

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Reception

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The film received negative reviews, with The Guardian calling it "awful, toe-curlingly, teeth-furringly, pillow-bitingly ghastly",[5] the Daily Mirror saying it "contains moments so royally ridiculous they could only have occurred in the mind of a third-rate script writer" [6] and the London Evening Standard saying its only positive was that "it is recognisably a film, in that it takes place on a screen. Events run in a forward direction."[7] The film has also been criticised for its use of American actors, for some of its images, and for first unit filming taking place in the United States.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "'William & Kate' Actors Dish About Their Royal Wedding TV Movie". tvsquad.com. March 26, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "Lifetime movie "William & Kate" to premiere in U.S. on April 18". xinhuanet.com. March 17, 2011. Archived from the original on April 16, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  3. ^ "Royal wedding set for Westminster Abbey on 29 April". BBC. November 23, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  4. ^ "Wills and Kate: the inside story". iol.co.za. March 23, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  5. ^ Bates, Stephen (April 14, 2011). "William and Kate: The Movie – so bad it'll probably be a smash". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ "Royal wedding film review: Will and Kate the movie royally ridiculous". Mirror. April 14, 2011.
  7. ^ "FIRST REVIEW - William & Kate: The Movie is a classic". The Evening Standard. April 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Gardiner, Stephanie (April 15, 2011). "Critics pan 'pillow-bitingly ghastly' William and Kate film". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  9. ^ Gilbert, Matthew (April 18, 2011). "Lifetime's 'William & Kate' is a royal bore". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
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