Beginning in early 1981 at her engagement, it is an eery experience to watch what develops knowing what we know now. This is an untelling of the Diana story that is spellbinding in its deconstruction of the myth.

The use of nothing but archival footage to recount Diana's rise, her perpetual "trial by television" and her fall isn't a gimmick -- it's a stroke of genius, a jujitsu finishing move on her tormentors.