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''The Queen's Corgi'' is a 2019 English-language Belgian animated
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
produced by
nWave Pictures nWave Studios is a Belgian animation studio based in Brussels, Belgium, with an American office in Los Angeles, California. History nWave Studios was founded in 1994 by Ben Stassen. In September 2018, Matthieu Zeller's production group MZM acqu ...
. The film was directed by
Ben Stassen Ben Stassen is a Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Career Stassen founded nWave Pictures in 1994, producing CG ride films including ''Devil's Mine''. Starting in 1997, Stassen began focusing on large-format films, directing '' ...
and Vincent Kesteloot and written by John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling. Inspired by Queen
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
and her pet corgis, the story follows a corgi named Rex, who gets lost and tries to find his way home. The film was theatrically released in Belgium on 3 April 2019. It was panned by critics, but grossed $31.4 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million.


Plot

Rex is the
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's favourite
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and lives a life of luxury with three other corgis in
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. On a visit by President
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with his wife Melania and their dog Mitzi, the Queen suggests one of her corgis might be a suitable mate for Mitzi, who chooses Rex, who is not pleased at the prospect. After Rex evades her multiple times, Mitzi chases him into the dining hall where he accidentally bites Trump, angering the Queen. Rex, ashamed at embarrassing the Queen, is consoled by Charlie, another of the Queen's corgis who is jealous of Rex's position. Luring him with the false promise that the Pope is looking for dogs, Charlie disposes of Rex's collar and leads him to a stream with the intention of drowning him. Rex is saved by a man who takes him to a dog shelter, where Rex's mannerisms at first alienate him, but he makes friends and falls in love with a young
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named Wanda. Initially wary, she develops feelings for him. This raises the ire of Tyson, a former fighting dog, who also has feelings for Wanda and runs the kennel. Rex convinces the other dogs to join forces against Tyson and defeat him. Rex returns to the palace with his new friends and Wanda, however the guards do not recognise him and throw him out of the palace as Charlie has convinced the Queen that Rex was killed by foxes. Rex sneaks into the palace where everybody tries to prevent Charlie from becoming top dog. Charlie traps Rex and Wanda in a room and sets it on fire. Wanda escapes and rallies their friends to save Rex. The Queen is overjoyed to find Rex alive and well and is about to restore to him the honour of Top Dog. Rex refuses as he values his love for Wanda more than his position. Charlie, becoming Top Dog, is forced to become mates with Mitzi and move to America while Rex continues to live at the palace with his new friends.


Cast


Production

Belgian company
nWave Pictures nWave Studios is a Belgian animation studio based in Brussels, Belgium, with an American office in Los Angeles, California. History nWave Studios was founded in 1994 by Ben Stassen. In September 2018, Matthieu Zeller's production group MZM acqu ...
produced and animated the film, with the distribution company Charades acquiring worldwide rights to it. The film cost around $20 million to make.


Music

Ramin Djawadi Ramin Djawadi (born 19 July 1974) is an Iranian-German film score composer, conductor, and record producer. He is known for his scores for the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', for which he was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2018 and 2020. He is al ...
, who scored
Ben Stassen Ben Stassen is a Belgian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Career Stassen founded nWave Pictures in 1994, producing CG ride films including ''Devil's Mine''. Starting in 1997, Stassen began focusing on large-format films, directing '' ...
's previous films, such as ''
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'', '' The House of Magic'' and ''
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'', returned to score the film. This is the seventh collaboration between Stassen and Djawadi.


Release

This film was released on 3 April 2019 in France and Belgium. It was also released in 2020 in other countries around the world, including China, the United Kingdom,
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, the United States and Russia.


Reception

Clarisse Loughrey of ''
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'' gave the film 1/5 stars, calling it "deeply unpleasant and in no way suitable for children." Mike McCahill of ''The Guardian'' gave it 2/5 stars, writing, "Kesteloot and Stassen are too busy scrabbling for content – basically fine, largely indifferent, sometimes misjudged – to fill the gaps between the frenetic set pieces." ''The Canberra Times'''s Cris Kennedy also gave it 2/5 stars, criticising it as "an appalling exercise in misjudgment" and adding, "The adult concepts are out there in the open: death,
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, gay and transgender shaming, domestic violence. And that's from the puppy dogs our kids are supposed to find cute."
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wrote in a review for ''
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'', "It's as if the screenwriters wrote a hard R, ''
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-''style lowbrow romp and a G-rated movie about cute doggies, then combined the two scripts into something that was wildly inappropriate for families but too cute and cloying for adults. Nobody should watch this with their kids if they watch it at all."


See also

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References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Corgi 2019 films 2019 3D films 2019 computer-animated films 2010s Belgian films Animated films about dogs Animated films set in London Belgian animated feature films Belgian children's films Cultural depictions of Donald Trump Depictions of Elizabeth II on film Films about Elizabeth II Films directed by Ben Stassen Films about pets Films scored by Ramin Djawadi Animated films set in palaces 2010s English-language films Films about Donald Trump