A review by psalmcat
In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures by Helen Mirren
5.0
I fell in love with Helen Mirren during the first Prime Suspect series. She was the first flawed, not-young, not-perky, fallible-but-good police officer I ever saw on TV. Yes, I loved Cagney & Lacey, but they really weren't real. Tennison was treated badly, drank too much, bitched at people, made political errors with her career, and was still a damn fine detective.
Mirren hasn't gone wrong since then, either. As for this book, I loved the chapters about her childhood--her grandfather was an officer in the Russian army who was trapped in England when the Revolution broke out. Her childhood was very boring and simple. Once she gets into her acting career, I sort of lost interest, frankly, and looked at the pictures with more focus than I read.
I bet she's a lot of fun to hang out with.
Mirren hasn't gone wrong since then, either. As for this book, I loved the chapters about her childhood--her grandfather was an officer in the Russian army who was trapped in England when the Revolution broke out. Her childhood was very boring and simple. Once she gets into her acting career, I sort of lost interest, frankly, and looked at the pictures with more focus than I read.
I bet she's a lot of fun to hang out with.