And the film mis-steps everywhere too. Asking Robert Lindsay to reprise the role of Aristotle Onassis clearly came from someone who didn’t see him
do it on stage, letting Tim Roth get away with a louche incline of the head as his sole acting move as Prince Ranier is astounding, the princess training school montage is embarrassing and scarcely credible (although it does allow Derek Jacobi to be delightfully camp in a rare highlight). That there were battles about the release of this film between Dahan and Harvey Weinstein seems unsurprising, that it made the light of day at all is the biggest surprise of all.