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By Kevin Maynard (208) for Mr. Showbiz (475) on 19 May 2012

The fabulous Elizabeth reinvents English Tudor history as gangster movie…

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By Peter Brunette (102) for Film.com (1,892) on 15 Nov 2011

A fascinating whirl of politics and palace intrigue…

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By Jeff Giles (42) for Newsweek (1,534) on 12 Apr 2009

Kapur can't decide if he's making an art movie or a melodrama, an opera or a soap opera…

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By Ericc (33) on 05 Apr 2009

Saw this for the first time a few days ago, and I'm astonished by how bad a film it is…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 18 Jul 2008

Bad 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…

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By Stupac (1) on 14 Dec 2006

If the only flaw you can find in this movie is the historical inaccuracy, then you should realize that this movie isn't a book report…

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By Sonyaw. (2) on 26 Aug 2006

THe worst. Nothing accurate about it save the fact Elizabeth was Henry VIII's daughter…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 11 Mar 2006

But much of it, like its subject, is so cryptic, distractingly stylish, and impenetrably posed that it's rough going most of the way…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 25 Aug 2005

This is a sensual, psychologically modern costume drama influenced by both The Godfather and gals' guides to empowerment…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 15 Jan 2005

It's a rousing adventure that keeps the audience involved for the entirety of the two hour running time while opening a window into the culture…

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By David Rooney (943) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Dec 2004

Superior historical soap opera that shrewdly sidesteps all the cliches of British costume drama with its bold, often modern approach…

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By Jack Matthews (2) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Sep 2003

Period movies inevitably reflect more about the period in which they're made than the period of their subject, and rarely has that been more…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Aug 2003

Where Elizabeth really triumphs over its dusty source material is in transforming all this boring history into a real, rip-roaring adventure tale…

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By Jean Oppenheimer (118) for New Times (L.A.) (313) on 02 Aug 2003

Although frustratingly confusing -- often the viewer can't be sure who is on which side or why -- the film brims with physical grandeur, exquisite…

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By Laura Miller (37) for Salon.com (2,725) on 22 Apr 2003

A handsome, diverting coming-of-intrigue story studded with meaty performances…

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By Sandra Contreras (38) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 17 Sep 2002

The conspicuous lack of emotional resonance makes this film Queen Margot's poor cold English cousin…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 02 Jul 2002

The movie -- directed in such a frenziedly self-conscious style you often wonder whether the camera will topple over on his actors…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Dec 2001

The texture of the film is enough to recommend it, even apart from the story…

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By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Sep 2001

Whether the story's bald ironies are historical cliches or just dramatic ones, they convey only platitudes about gender, sexuality, and power…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 03 Apr 2001

History rendered with enough brains and imagination to more than make up for its few stumbles…

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