GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

grantss The ascension to the throne of England of Queen Elizabeth I and the aftermath. Shows the against-the-odds struggles she had to endure to obtain the throne and her almost-as-difficult defence of it.Superb. Reasonably accurate, historically, and very interesting. Could easily have ended as a dry docudrama but director Shekhar Kapur ensures the film is engaging, intriguing and edifying. Allied with this is a superb performance from Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth, a performance that earned her her first Oscar nomination. Throw in some fantastic sets and costumes and this is a lavish, entertaining and edifying drama.

FountainPen Yes, here we go again ! Hollywood hard at work putting its skew on British history. You can hear the American accents in this effort. Overall, the film is quite good, but it is NOT true to history, which MUST be taken into account. Children in particular (and viewers looking for a history lesson), need to be aware that this is a kind of partial-imaginary, made up, fictional version of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First. It is a great shame that movie-makers, in particular those in Hollywood, will not stay with the known FACTS. I prefer Cate Blanchett as QE, rather than the vastly over-used and over-rated Helen Mirren (who apparently was given a Damehood for portraying both Elizabeths: silly). In my book, this flick rates 6/10, and while it is NOT "film perfection", I can recommend it ~ but ralways bear in mind that it is NOT true history and the script should have been so much better.

valeried-04422 If we relied on this movie to pass a history exam we would be in trouble due to its inaccuracies. Robert Dudley's wife (played by Kelly Macdonald) is named Isabel Knollys in this movie. In "real life" Dudley's (second wife) was named Lettice Knolly. We see her half way through the movie dying (murdered) by a "poisoned dress". In actuality "Lettice Knolly Dudley" died of a ripe old age. She was married once before Dudley and again after Dudley passed. We are further confused by an insignificant character named Lettice Howard, (played by Amanda Ryan)who has no historical significance. In the movie the Earl of Arundel (played by Edward Hardwicke) was beheaded, with head then mounted on a pike. History tells us he died at home along "The Strand" in his own bed and being quite aged. The movie would have us believe the suggested betrothal to the Duc d'Anjou (full name was actually Francois, Duc d'Alencon and Anjou)was called off because "the duke" was a cross-dresser (like lady's clothes) and perhaps bi-sexual. In reality, Elizabeth and Francois became great friends and spent much time conversing and writing letters to one another for over four years. Francois, the poor soul was deformed from an early illness and certainly "not a catch". Elizabeth had committed herself to being married to England and did not marry anyone. At least the writers of the movie got that part of the story accurate.

tortillachips-972-975637 I really enjoyed this movie. I was it enthralled from the time it started till it was over. Plus I'm a fan of Cate Blanchett. In the past couple years, I've been interested in history. Not so much for dates and all of that but what were the motivations of these real people. Of course we can't know every detail of what happened in the past. Not like today where we have to tell everybody every single thing we do on Twitter Facebook email Skype etc. They had letters and diaries and that's pretty much it. So we have to kind of fill in what we think people might have gone through along with what was written. I think they did a pretty good job. I mean let's face it in real life many of us change once we have been hurt and devastated by those we care about. Power, greed and lust sadly prevail. I don't think that has changed at all in history. Ha! Look at our politicians of today!!! I think we also begin to learn to see what is necessary and what is not necessary and who we can trust as we age. How is she or any other mom are different? The only problem I have with the movie was the overt sex scene close to the end if the movie; I don't think it was necessary to the movie at all.