Review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) by Alicia S — 21 Sep 2009

Might be good, but slow and dark and couldn't get through it. too much soap opera.

This review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) was written by Alicia S on 21 Sep 2009.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age has generally received mixed reviews.

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The Golden Age is packed with distractions. But the biggest of all is the story itself, which works so mightily to tarnish the queen at its core…

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The scene where she stares into the camera, tears streaming as she holds a baby is seared into my memory along with Clive Owens weird body…

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Cate Blanchett returns to the role that made her a star, and though this sequel to Elizabeth (1998) is less defensible as history, as florid…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 06 Oct 2016

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