Elizabeth (1998)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 9
No mere historical drama, Elizabeth is a rich, suspenseful journey into the heart of British Royal politics, and features a typically outstanding performance from Cate Blanchett.
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 0
No mere historical drama, Elizabeth is a rich, suspenseful journey into the heart of British Royal politics, and features a typically outstanding performance from Cate Blanchett.
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This British-made historical drama depicts the rise of young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, a reign of intrigue and betrayals. In 1554, Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) tries to restore Catholicism as England's single faith. With no heir to the crown, she maneuvers to keep her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) from succeeding her, but her efforts fail. With Mary dead, Elizabeth is proclaimed Queen of England in November 1558. Elizabeth relishes the return from exile of her
Nov 6, 1998 Wide
May 25, 1999
Gramercy
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Cast
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Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I -
Geoffrey Rush
Sir Francis Walsingham -
Christopher Eccleston
Duke of Norfolk -
Joseph Fiennes
Robert Dudley -
Richard Attenborough
Sir William Cecil -
Fanny Ardant
Mary of Guise -
Kathy Burke
Queen Mary of Tudor -
Eric Cantona
Monsieur de Foix -
James Frain
Alvaro de la Quadra -
Vincent Cassel
Duc d'Anjou -
Daniel Craig
John Ballard -
John Gielgud
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All Critics (73) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (9) | DVD (18)
Cate Blanchett gives a bravura performance in this dark and lurid account, which is done from a contemporary standoint as a conspiracy thriller, emphasizing the violent actions
Dank interior castle settings create a claustrophobic intensity that underscores the growing sense of paranoia and people's sinister machinations in this battle for England.
More often than not, it's a watchable and thought-provoking history lesson rather than the captivating, revealing, intimate portrait it wants to be.
The 'spotlight series' DVD provides a great-looking transfer of the film and a nice little collection of extras.
Drama of the ascendancy of England's most powerful queen brims with great acting, brilliant direction.
Audience Reviews for Elizabeth
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- Mary of Guise: Go back to England, and take this to your Queen. Hm?
- Mary of Guise: [in French, to herself] English blood on French colors. [turns to her officer]
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- Sir Francis Walsingham: Madam, if I may. A prince should never flinch from being blamed for acts of ruthlessness which are necessary for safe guarding the state and their own person. You must take these things so much to heart that you do not fear to strike. Even the very nearest that you have if they be implicated.
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- Elizabeth I: She has such power over men's hearts. They died for her.
- Sir Francis Walsingham: They have found nothing to replace her.
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- Elizabeth I: She has such power over men's hearts. They died for her.
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- Elizabeth I: He shall be kept alive to always remind me of how close I came to danger.
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- Elizabeth I: Observe, Lord Burghley, I am married... to England.
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Foreign Titles
- HistoriAquis präs. Elizabeth (DE)
