The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
Young Bess has generally received mixed reviews.
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Young Bess was released in 1953 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving Young Bess (1953) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Professional critics were more impressed with Young Bess than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 58%, Young Bess is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1953, which stands at 60%.
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