Get the latest gossip
The Regime review: A political satire with no bite, little wit and a totally OTT Kate Winslet, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
Kate Winslet is delirious as the germophobe Chancellor of a crackpot country somewhere in Middle Europe, in The Regime (Sky Atlantic).
Written by Succession's Will Tracy, and directed by Sir Stephen Frears, who earned an Oscar nomination for The Queen with Helen Mirren, this is international political satire at maximum volume. Schmoozing a trade delegation, Elena's husband Nicky (Guillaume Gallienne) explains, 'We're always happy to partner with our NATO friends who share our love of freedom' — and there's so much of that bland waffle that even the background nuttiness starts to look boring. He occasionally explodes into violence — for instance, when Elena discovers an intruder sitting on the end of her bed, a scene clearly inspired by the 1982 Buckingham Palace break-in by an oddball called Michael Fagan.
Or read this on Daily Mail