Review of Cri de Coeur

Still can't decide what to make of this season. First of all I seemed to get more and more annoyed with Olivia Coleman's sour face. Compared to the first seasons, the Queen turned into such a strict, cold and miserable woman. Even when she's with Phillip, she seems to give him a polite, fake smile and when he turns away, her face turns blank again. And the way she behaves towards Charles, lecturing and belittling him etc... might be true to history but is such a drastic change in character compared to before. Also, every episode stands on it's own. If you didn't know any better, you could watch episode 6 after episode 4 and then episode 8. I had the feeling that seasons 1 and 2 were better as a whole and - like many have said - were almost impossible not to binge-watch. In this season, I could easily pause for a couple of days before watching the next episode. I loved Tobias Menzies and Josh O'Connor as Phillip and Charles! I also liked the actors that played minor roles, like Harold Wilson and princess Alice. Charles Dance is a solid and excellent Lord Mountbatten and then ofcourse there is Erin Doherty, the actress who plays princess Ann! Unfortunately, Helena Bonham-Carter was not convincing as princess Margaret, very hard after such a fabulous performance by Vanessa Kirby! I missed her pizzazz! On a positive note: I learned so much more about Charles, his youth and his struggles and personal crisisses, being the crown prince. The rest of the season was quite dull, despite spectacular events as Aberfan, the moon landing and the mine worker's strike. I just didn't care and seeing the queen's sour and at the same time blank expression the whole time, didn't help either. I've seen photos of season 4, which introduces Diana and it doesn't look promising. The actress doesn't look like Diana at all! And even though Josh O'Connor is 1000 times more handsome than Charles ever was, he really convinced me as Charles. It's sad that the quality of this show has flattened, because seasons 1 and 2 were some of the best things I've watched.