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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Dec 2018

In real life, Mary and Elizabeth never met, but this film, directed by Josie Rourke and written by Beau Willimon, stages numerous interactions,…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 07 Dec 2018

It should be much more gripping than it is…

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By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 07 Dec 2018

Great star performance in sometimes-violent historic drama…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 07 Dec 2018

Rowan is a dead ringer for one of the paintings of the real Mary...this is agonizingly long, but enlightening, with fine acting and exceptional…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 07 Dec 2018

A fascinating portrait of how two powerful women manage marriage and children to maintain and expand their reigns…

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By Erika W. Smith (54) for Bust Magazine (182) on 07 Dec 2018

But I wish the cast, costume director, and hair and makeup team had a better story to work with…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for America Magazine (69) on 07 Dec 2018

Overall, though, Rourke fails to make the movie dramatically engaging because she gives equal dramatic weight to everything…

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By Matt D (1,411) on 06 Dec 2018

From the gorgeous costumes and Scotland's landscape, this movie is one worth seeking out…

Review of Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 06 Dec 2018

It's Ronan, as well as Margot Robbie in an arresting turn as a wretched but wily Elizabeth, who keeps us watching even as the twists in Mary's…

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By Murtada Elfadl (54) for Film Experience (395) on 06 Dec 2018

Despite attempts at freshening up the material, it comes off stale, another plodding historical drama that is far too familiar to be truly exciting…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 06 Dec 2018

If the substance of the story matched the look of it, this movie could have done justice to two of history's most fascinating and transformative…

Review of Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 06 Dec 2018

It isn't only about the acting…

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By Allison Shoemaker (83) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 06 Dec 2018

If you walk into Mary Queen of Scots looking to be dazzled by some great performances and rich art direction, you’ll walk out satisfied,…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 06 Dec 2018

Rourke, who comes to the film industry from the theater, has an eye for pageantry and staging that make even dull conversations about power…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 06 Dec 2018

Ronan (Lady Bird) and Robbie (I, Tonya) were both nominated for a Best Actress Oscar last award season, and even when the pace of the film…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Slate (2,081) on 06 Dec 2018

The depiction isn’t remotely believable, but with Ronan endowing her character with both a steel spine and a fresh-faced naïveté (in a…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 06 Dec 2018

It looks beautiful and moves swiftly but never quite takes full imaginative flight…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 06 Dec 2018

What’s mysterious about this film is why, with so much on its mind and such gifted stars to express it, the drama should be so unaffecting…

Review of Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 06 Dec 2018

It’s neither a rigorous history lesson nor a particularly interesting work of drama and character, and it ends up doing the exact same things…

Review of Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 06 Dec 2018

The movie is less a movie than a collection of scenes lined up in a row, and the tone wobbles between pomp and circumstantial melodrama…

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