The acting is superb from everyone. Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alicia Vikander are all standouts.
However, I must knock stars for historical inaccuracy. With so much focus on the "affair" they skip over Struensee's actions. He dissolved the council and took advantage of a mentally ill man in the pursuit of social reform. All of that is lost by framing his imprisonment as mainly from the affair and his belief in reform is lost by him reversing the lifting of censorship. Not to mention they the ending more "noble" than it was. The film tries to make a story of power into a story of romance, but even with the great acting I could never forget the truth.
However, I must knock stars for historical inaccuracy. With so much focus on the "affair" they skip over Struensee's actions. He dissolved the council and took advantage of a mentally ill man in the pursuit of social reform. All of that is lost by framing his imprisonment as mainly from the affair and his belief in reform is lost by him reversing the lifting of censorship. Not to mention they the ending more "noble" than it was. The film tries to make a story of power into a story of romance, but even with the great acting I could never forget the truth.