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Light on history it is really the process reimagined from the modern, nationalistic Indian perspective, so it has to show Mountbatten and wife as cardboard cutout 'stiff upper lip' Brit imperialists.

The real story is more nuanced and far better covrted in the excellent earlier mini series Mountbatten, with Nicol Williamson as Mountbatten, detailing also with Lady Edwina's romance with soon to be Indian Prime Minister Nehru.

This movie is pure chocolate box, with beautiful production values. However it presentis a 'test tube', superficial view, divorced from the history of British India and what was to a large extent a shared experience. Indians were not a downtrodden people under the imperialist heel. A more nuanced, balanced presentation, with less of the triumphalist modern Indian view, WAS presented in the Mountbatten mini series.

All in all, disappointing.

I am astounded at the negative reviews. This is clearly a project of passion. It is an epic, heartfelt story of a man, released from a P. O. W. Camp and finding his wife dead and chikdren missing, frantically searching for his lost children, and along the way, rescuing not only them but taking in also other children orphanned by the US Civil War. It is laced with heart rending tragedy along with its succes. I kept thinking of John Fird's clasdic, The Searchers. People complained about the acting. Eell they cadt are not 'the Royal Shakespeare Company' but I was certainly both engrossed and moved bhy this story, based on fact. I recommend viewers think about the story.