Fans of so-bad-it’s-good cinema will have a royal field day with “Spencer,” Pablo Larraín’s zany new drama – which should have been called “The Madness of Princess Diana,” as it reimagines the late Princess of Wales as an unbalanced, melodrama-prone woman fighting for control of her sanity.
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Viewing Chilean director’s Pablo Larrain’s first English-language feature is not unlike viewing a political skit on the current edition of Saturday Night Live: a none-too-stellar ensemble surrounds an A-list star, with everyone made-up and costumed to suggest notable figures despite the fact no one on screen is capable of a satisfactory imitation of the people they are imitating. And while SNL keeps the viewer waiting for deep laughs to flow, viewers watching this film will be baffled at this rather curious retelling of a very familiar story.