Another well-meaning family drama that can’t quite make the leap from cloying to endearing, this New Zealand import details a young girl’s dream of meeting Queen Elizabeth II when she visits the islands in 1953. In its desperate attempt to be sweet and quirky, Her Majesty overplays just about everything. Sally Andrews, making her movie debut, is painfully declamatory in the lead role of Elizabeth Wakefield, while Vicky Haughton does her best Yoda impersonation as the wise and ancient Maori woman Elizabeth befriends.
