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"  The first reviews of Diana are in, and it&amp;#039;s pretty grim. The highly anticipated Oliver Hirschbiegel-directed biopic, which follows the last two years of the late Princess Diana&amp;#039;s life with Naomi Watts in the eponymous role, has been ripped to shreds by critics across the pond.  Here are the five nastiest things written about the film in the 24 hours since it was screened for journalists: 1. The Guardian&amp;#039;s reviewer awarded the film one star, writing: &amp;quot;I hesitate to use the term &amp;quot;car crash cinema&amp;quot;. But the awful truth is that, 16 years after that terrible day in 1997, she has died another awful death.&amp;quot; He wondered, &amp;quot;Is this film an MI5 plot to blacken Diana&amp;#039;s name and make her look plastic and absurd?&amp;quot;  2. Over at The Times, writer Kate Muir credited Naomi Watts with &amp;quot;doing her level best with a squirmingly embarrassing script,&amp;quot; but said that &amp;quot;this film is still atrocious and intrusive.&amp;quot; She also gave the film one star.  3. It&amp;#039;s no better over at The Mirror, where Diana was described as &amp;quot;fabulously awful&amp;quot; (at least the word &amp;quot;fabulous&amp;quot; is somewhere in there) and &amp;quot;a cheap and cheerless effort that looks like a Channel 5 mid-week matinee.&amp;quot; (Go ahead and assume that&amp;#039;s UK for &amp;quot;Lifetime Channel Original Movie.&amp;quot;) 4. There was a gentler review to be found at The Independent, where Watts&amp;#039; performance was described as &amp;quot;intense and volatile.&amp;quot; But even they had plenty of complaints: &amp;quot;The problem, though, is that she doesn&amp;#039;t really resemble the character she is playing, and the feature shifts wildly in tone.&amp;quot; 5. The Daily Mail ruled out the likelihood that the film would achieve Showgirls-style camp classic status: &amp;quot;&amp;#039;It never succeeds in being moving, or even involving. It&amp;#039;s not even enjoyably bad.&amp;quot;  Photo via Ecosse Films Follow Sam on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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