Oscar 2014 Best Actress Predictions: Trailer to Naomi Watts' Poorly-Received 'Diana' Premieres

The U.S trailer for "Diana" has premiered.

The new film by Oliver Hirschbiegel tells the story of the last two years of Princess Diana's life when she embarked on a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

The movie starring Naomi Watts was once seen as a major Oscar contender. Watts was on every major Oscar predictions list, but her presence slowly dissipated as time passed. After its premiere in London and showing at the Zurich Film Festival, the movie lost buzz and Watts was no longer seen as a major player in the Oscar race. Reviews for the movie were terrible with Cath Clarke of Time Out stating, "Watts nails the two-cans-of-hairspray helmet hair and spidery mascara. But her captain-of-the-lacrosse-team, onwards-and-upwards performance is way off the mark."

Charles Grant Variety was also harsh: "This Princess Di biopic swerves past the pitfall of tastelessness only to risk a more perilous roadblock: dullness."

Christopher Tookey of the Daily Mail wrote, "It has the slightness of a Mills & Boon novella, but treats the tale with ponderous solemnity, as though it were chronicling a meeting of minds between Mother Teresa and Abraham Lincoln. It's slow and terribly, terribly dull."

Watts was recently seen in "Adore" as well as "The Impossible" for which she received an Oscar nomination. She has also been seen in "21 Grams," "King Kong," "The Painted Veil," "Fair Game" and "Eastern Promises."

Hirschbeigel has previously directed "Downfall," "Five Minutes of Heaven" and "The Invasion."

Entertainment One is releasing the movie in selected theaters in November, with hopes of eventually expanding to wide release.