Review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) by Christopher Y — 23 Dec 2008

Cate Blanchett is amazing as Elizabeth. A good story and not too long.

This review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) was written by Christopher Y on 23 Dec 2008.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age has generally received mixed reviews.

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Over-indulgent and melodramatic, as is the nature of artistic mythmaking, The Golden Age will beguile and repel in equal measure…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 23 Mar 2015

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By Jorge Eduardo S (243) on 17 Jul 2013

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 27 Jan 2018

History gets short shrift from screenwriters William Nicholson and Michael Hirst -- starting with the not insignificant fact that in 1585,…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 14 Jun 2016

It says a lot about this movie that the most arresting character in it is Mary, whom Morton unsurprisingly endows with a fanatical combination…

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By Brian L (763) on 09 Apr 2015

Isn´t better that the first one, but is not a bad film…

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By Kyle B (1,653) on 01 Feb 2015

Better than the first, I think Cate Blanchett was amazing in this and showed how much she grew as an actress in the decade long gap between…

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By James B (2,746) on 24 Aug 2015

Blah, it was pretty much historically inaccurate which is the Achilles heel to these type of movies…

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By Keith R (248) on 28 Feb 2015

I wasn't totally disappointed by this film, however, I was expecting A LOT more. Visually, the movie was exquisite…

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By Alex Bonafide A (27) on 29 Sep 2013

I like Cate Blanchett. I like Geoffery Rush. I like Clive Owen-- I liked... sort of... Elizabeth: The Golden Age…

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