
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.... (Full plot summary below)
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This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardThe fabulous Elizabeth reinvents English Tudor history as gangster movie. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe texture of the film is enough to recommend it, even apart from the story. |
| Film.comPeter BrunetteA fascinating whirl of politics and palace intrigue. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWhere Elizabeth really triumphs over its dusty source material is in transforming all this boring history into a real, rip-roaring adventure tale. |
| VarietyDavid RooneySuperior historical soap opera that shrewdly sidesteps all the cliches of British costume drama with its bold, often modern approach. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyBad history it may be, but Elizabeth is a movie that makes you want more, as it plays to the myth of history's great actress-monarch, a character who puts today's tinselly political heros and heroines (royal and not), to shame. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinThe movie's approach makes for juicy melodrama. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanElizabeth's most triumphant aspect is Blanchett's transformation from saucy, spirited toe-tapper to iconic Virgin Queen. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleElizabeth works in a number of ways. It's a feminist film. It's also a kind of spy thriller and a superior historical drama. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis is a sensual, psychologically modern costume drama influenced by both "The Godfather" and gals' guides to empowerment. |