Rotten
Making soap of statecraft, the film has plenty of juicy moments, but offers an inconsistent rather than complex view of Elizabeth.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Woman. Warrior. Queen.
2007 · 1h 54m · PG-13
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Shekhar Kapur
Overview
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
Director and cast
- Shekhar Kapur Director
- Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I
- Laurence Fox as Sir Christopher Hatton
- Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh
- Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham
- Tom Hollander as Amyas Paulet
- Abbie Cornish as Elizabeth Throckmorton
- Rhys Ifans as Robert Reston
- Jordi Mollà as Philip II
- Samantha Morton as Queen Mary
- Eddie Redmayne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This is romantic fantasy, not history, and much of the time you fully expect Kapur, here making his third post-Bollywood feature, to turn his cast loose in song and dance.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, from a screenplay by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst, turned out to be more rousingly entertaining than many of its less-than-lukewarm reviews had led me to anticipate.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
I can almost recommend this film as a great-looking, bombastic guilty pleasure. But the soundtrack is unbearable, the soap opera love triangle -- laughable.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Despite its title, Shekhar Kapur's new film resembles tarnished copper.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
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