
Grace of Monaco
Seen it?2014 | 103 min | Romance, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.0 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
The 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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
9% on Rotten Tomatoes, 21 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.0 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Emmy and 1 SAG Award.
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$27 million worldwide on a $30 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 67K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Olivier Dahan
- Nicole KidmanGrace Kelly
- Milo VentimigliaRupert Allan
- Paz VegaMaria Callas
- Tim RothPrince Rainier III
- Parker PoseyMadge Tivey-Faucon
- Frank LangellaFather Francis Tucker
- Derek JacobiCount Fernando D'Aillieres
- Geraldine SomervillePrincess Antoinette
- Roger Ashton-GriffithsAlfred Hitchcock
- Nicholas FarrellJean-Charles Rey