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Meghan Markle's new Disney+ show gets the WORST reviews

Poor Megs.
  • 01 Apr 2020

The reviews are in... and they're not good! Meghan Markle tried her hand at narrating a Disney+ elephant documentary, and people aren't pleased with the results at all.

WATCH: First trailer Elephant film narrated by Meghan Markle on Disney+

Meghan, who has officially stepped down as a senior member of the Royal Family with husband Prince Harry, worked as the voiceover to the Disney production.

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Recorded in London last autumn after seeing footage of the documentary, Meghan's new show will start streaming on Disney+ on April 3.

The doco follows African elephant Shani and her son Jomo as they are led by their matriarch, Gaia, across the Kalahari Desert.

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Both British and US press have been consistent in their reviews, with critics giving the show a very average three stars. While they praise its stunning cinematography, Meghan's voiceover has been dubbed as pretty 'meh'.

"For her part, Markle's delivery of the commentary is wholesome and over-eager to please," added Empire's Ian Freer, who gave the film three stars.

He said that Meghan "just about stays the right side of annoying".

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The Times (two stars): "Meghan Markle is swapping pomp and circumstance for schmaltz and cheesiness... The sense of performance, though, often feels overegged."

The Guardian (three stars): "Meghan takes to Disney-narration like an anthropomorphic duck to water."

The Telegraph (three stars): "[Meghan] turns out to be a fine match for the tone of the piece, which vacillates between regal and cutesy-poo with occasional gusts of girl-power uplift."

Variety (no rating): "Meghan Markle does an inviting version of the wholesome but amused Disney narrator singsong."

Empire (three stars): "Markle's delivery of the commentary is wholesome and over-eager to please."

The Express (four stars): "Meghan comes across very warmly, with most of her lines sounding like she’s beaming fondly at the elephants we’re watching... At times this can be a bit cheesy and sentimental in a classic American Disney kind of way."

The Times's Ed Potton (two stars): "Meghan is swapping pomp and circumstance for schmaltz and cheesiness", adding: "The departing Duchess of Sussex narrates Disney's tale of a herd of elephants crossing the Kalahari Desert from the Okavango delta to the Zambezi River, and boy does she lay it on thick."

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