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Elizabeth
The story of the film revolves around Queen Elizabeth of England. The events begin as Elizabeth became Queen of England. But people see her as vulnerable and threats coming from inside and out, and they want her to marry lawyer William Cecil. But she will marry only of her. Elizabeth is smart and cautious, and she must choose where to put her trust with her witty secretary, Walsingham, the master of espionage, or her secret lover, Sir Robert Dudley.
14 April 1904, South Kensington, London, England, UK
25 May 1958, Bermondsey, London, England, UK
23 February 1976, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1932, Deptford, London, England, UK
12 September 1986, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
17 July 1948, Lipson Vale, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
20 March 1979, Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
March 24, 2002
Blanchett never curtsies to caricature. Her interpretation is complex, restrained, warmly sensual.
January 11, 2011
Cate Blanchett gives a bravura performance in this dark and lurid account, which is done from a contemporary standoint as a conspiracy thriller, emphasizing the violent actions
September 07, 2011
Without [Blanchett], Kapur's extravagant history lesson (written by Michael Hirst) blurs into dark doings among men in tights.
November 07, 2002
Drama of the ascendancy of England's most powerful queen brims with great acting, brilliant direction.
January 26, 2006
Kapur cunningly confuses gender roles, equates sex with death, and rattles through dark, stony passions with some considerable panache.
October 15, 2002
Historians will take issue with some of the filmmakers' choices, but fans of juicy historical drama will just hunker down for the feast.
September 12, 2007
Dank interior castle settings create a claustrophobic intensity that underscores the growing sense of paranoia and people's sinister machinations in this battle for England.
June 05, 2002
Blanchett is the shining jewel in an otherwise dull and tarnished crown.
January 01, 2000
It's almost guaranteed to get a couple of Oscar nominations in the technical categories, and I think Blanchett deserves one, too.
May 31, 2002
É como um livro de História - mas sem a didática que tornou admiráveis outros exemplares afins produzidos pelo Cinema.
December 06, 2004
More often than not, it's a watchable and thought-provoking history lesson rather than the captivating, revealing, intimate portrait it wants to be.
July 31, 2008
"Elizabeth" is superior historical soap opera that shrewdly sidesteps all the cliches of British costume drama with its bold, often modern approach.
