Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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
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Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide
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.
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Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer
More often than not, it's a watchable and thought-provoking history lesson rather than the captivating, revealing, intimate portrait it wants to be.
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Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide
The 'spotlight series' DVD provides a great-looking transfer of the film and a nice little collection of extras.
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James Rocchi, Netflix
Drama of the ascendancy of England's most powerful queen brims with great acting, brilliant direction.
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Cast
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Cate Blanchettas Elizabeth I -
Geoffrey Rushas Sir Francis Walsingham -
Christopher Ecclestonas Duke of Norfolk
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Joseph Fiennesas Robert Dudley -
Richard Attenboroughas Sir William Cecil -
Fanny Ardantas Mary of Guise




