“Diana” doesn’t succeed at a great many things, but it somehow excels at making its subject an unstable, repellent person who’s prone to manipulations and unreasonable tantrums. Any film concerning the life and times of Princess Diana is going to run into trouble, encountering disconcerting personal details in the quest for truth, yet “Diana” doesn’t appear all that authentic, trading grit for glamour in what amounts to a Lifetime Movie treatment of a problematical existence. That the screenplay turns the iconic woman into a petty, vindictive shrew is surprising considering the celebratory summation of the feature. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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