Elizabeth: The Golden Age

PG-13

9/9/20071h 54m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Woman. Warrior. Queen. ~

Overview:

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$55,000,000.00

Revenue:

$74,237,563.00

Key words:

assassination
england
queen elizabeth i
religious war
tudor
armada
catholicism
sea battle
palace intrigue
16th century

Cast

Cate Blanchett

~ as ~

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Clive Owen

~ as ~

Sir Walter Raleigh

Geoffrey Rush

~ as ~

Sir Francis Walsingham

Laurence Fox

~ as ~

Sir Christopher Hatton

Tom Hollander

~ as ~

Amyas Paulet

Abbie Cornish

~ as ~

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Rhys Ifans

~ as ~

Robert Reston

Jordi Mollà

~ as ~

King Philip II of Spain

Samantha Morton

~ as ~

Mary, Queen of Scots

Eddie Redmayne

~ as ~

Anthony Babington

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
Sadly, someone agreed that a sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998) was required so we ended up with this rather fanciful vehicle for a still competent Cate Blanchett but not so much for a terribly wooden Clive Owen as the seafaring Walter Raleigh. Following the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton), England is facing impending invasion by the Spanish Armada. The (largely forgivable) factual inaccuracies that dogged the first film are somehow magnified in this rather poor follow up. It really does miss Sir Richard Attenbourgh and despite the best efforts of Geoffrey Rush is left too much to likes of the somewhat flighty Abbie Cornish. As you'd expect, the film looks great and the use of CGI is effectively complementary - especially as things hot up, but none of that really helps enliven the rather ponderous pace of this history. Fortunately the Queen didn't live too much longer after this so we ought to be safe from "Elizabeth III - the Essex Years."