Reviews

This movie is stunning both visually and mentally! It cleared up the rather obscured confusion between Elizabeth's two loves, and clears not only the names but the air as well. Helen Mirren could pass for the Lady and does indeed go on to play our Modern Elizabeth. She does a beautiful job and I feel she would convince the staunchest critic.

This movie grips you from the start and does not let go for the entire film. I am a die-hard fan of Jeremy Irons and find him intriguing as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Hugh Dancy was surprising clever as Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

The entire cast was well chosen and Tom Hooper did a marvelous job directing Nigel William's screenplay. Excellent film and I recommend it highly.

I am not a die-hard fan of Miss Redgrave's, but I will acknowledge her talent as one of our finest actresses of our day. Her portrayal of Mary of Scotland is brilliant. The cast is excellent and you will find yourself engrossed in a history lesson before you realize it. Even the portrayal of John Knox is as accurate as one can get by delving into the archives. I found myself transported back into Tudor England with one of the most dysfunctional families of all time, Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary of Scotland. Both women were anointed Queens which lends to a problem situation that many did not consider for the English Hierarchy.

With both cast and acting shimmered in excellence, you will not be disappointed in this film.