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Elizabeth I
Sir Francis Walsingham
Duke of Norfolk
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Critic Reviews for Elizabeth
All Critics (62) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (11)
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Without [Blanchett], Kapur's extravagant history lesson (written by Michael Hirst) blurs into dark doings among men in tights.
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"Elizabeth" is superior historical soap opera that shrewdly sidesteps all the cliches of British costume drama with its bold, often modern approach.
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Kapur cunningly confuses gender roles, equates sex with death, and rattles through dark, stony passions with some considerable panache.
January 26, 2006 | Full Review… -
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May 11, 2001 | Rating: 3.5/5
Audience Reviews for Elizabeth
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Dec 01, 2016A handsome period drama that looks stunning but feels more like reading a History book, with a plain screenplay that doesn't offer many surprises and a cold, didactic direction by Shekhar Kapur that doesn't leave us engaged in the way that it actually should.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Jun 21, 2012Elizabeth is a fantastic period drama and one of the best historical films I have ever seen. I must admit i didn't expect to enjoy this because it seemed like it was going to be very slow and uneventful, but boy was I mistaken. The script and characters keep us interested for the entire film, and I was entertained throughout and that is something you need to look for in a historical film. Cate Balnchett is incredible and perfectly handles the character of Elizabeth perfectly and how she grows more mature and wise throughout the film. The settings, makeup, costumes, and acting are all triumphantly amazing and really put us in this time period and I loved it. Director Shekhar Kapur keeps the film interesting using its actors and story to its advantage, and instead of slowing the film down by giving a confusing and slow plot, he gives us this one complex character and show her grow more and more throughout the films events and that is what really blew me away, how you can watch the beginning and end and see the major differences in the films hero. Elizabeth has been in a fight with Shakespeare in Love for what was the better period piece, and honestly I love them both so much that I cannot choose, but what I know is that this film is completely original and stands on its own feet and succeeds at being a powerful historical film.Bradley W Super Reviewer
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May 29, 2012For all of those who expect this to be an artsy politically royal type of movie, you have been warned. What makes Shekar Kapur's <i>Elizabeth</i> enjoyable is the contrast of commercial flavor and not-too-serious mechanism that gives it a memorable place in viewers mind. By no mean does the movie interpret the whole chronicle life of Elizabeth I, but with Cate Blanchett enigmatic performance, one would forget and maybe keen to learn and explore more on the tragic history of England's Protestant queen. 7.5/10Mesh B Super Reviewer
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Jan 31, 2012This film is boring and forgettable. The one thing it does well is develop the Elizabeth character from a light hearted gal into a cold-blooded queen. However, the acting was so-so, the writing was plain and the editing was poor: Several scenes served no purpose but to prolong this mind-numbing bore-fest.Sanjay R Super Reviewer
Elizabeth Quotes
| 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] |
| 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. |
| Elizabeth I: | She has such power over men's hearts. They died for her. |
| Sir Francis Walsingham: | They have found nothing to replace her. |
| Elizabeth I: | She has such power over men's hearts. They died for her. |
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