The Duchess

Timing: Kate Middleton the Duchess of Cambridge has a birthday 1/9.

Dinner: High Tea (pictured above)

Mini Pimento Cheese Sandwiches

Ham, Brie & Green Apple Bites
Strawberries & Cream Sugar Wafers
Cranberry Scones
Earl Grey Tea

Movie:
This film is based on a true story & an incredibly interesting one for that matter.  Additonally the costumes are exceptional & rightfully so won an Oscar.  However even with a good story & the best costumes you can't make a quality film with bad directing & lack luster casting. 

The plot has a great set up especially being that the lead role Georgiana is Princess Di's great, great, great, great aunt who's life is full of hopelessness & despair despite being the envy of everyone in the public eye.  (Don't worry when they were promoting this film they did market the irony of how similar their lives were & people were not pleased at this obvious ploy for attention.)

And then there's Keira Knightley who is just too commercial for this role.  A very stoic actor is needed for this part...think Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth. 

Mel's Rating: 51%
On a scale of 100.

Brett's Rating: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
On a scale of 10.