Abbie Cornish, Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen
Reprising the roles they originated in seven-time Academy Award®-nominated Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush return for a gripping historical thriller laced with treachery and romance—Elizab...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 5, 2008
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July 24, 2009I found this one to be rather slow and plodding, and some of the swash-buckling a bit giggle-inducing. And really the title should be "Elizabeth: mental breakdown on the perilous path to the golden age."
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July 4, 2009I never saw the first one But I certainly want to now. Great Cast, Visually stunning and very entertaining. Cate Blanchett is The SHIT!!!!
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April 2, 2009Not bad. For a couple of years now I've been thinking (thanks to bitchy critics) that the movie was boring, dull, over-the-top and Blanchett's performance lame and screamy.
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January 5, 2009Very good movie! The cinematography was awesome. Cate Blanchett was awesome as usual.
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November 15, 2009Another good performance by Cate Blanchett. Great movie, cinematography, score and costume design.
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November 4, 2009You know, I expected to understand this one a little better than I did the first, but I was still lost. I think if your basic knowledge of European history is not up to par, you will find yourself lost in a sea of difficult plotlines. One day I will rewatch both this film and its...( read more)
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November 1, 2009If you are into Royal family movies this is the one for you Elizabeth the golden age was Fantastic.
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October 30, 2009A lot weaker than the first one, but still very enjoyable and dramatic. Not too sure why they waited near on a decade to make this sequel after the first. Blanchett was ok, not nearly as good as the first, but she came off weak due to the role of Elizabeth at this time, the same ...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 12, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
October 12, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bogus history can make a crackling good adventure yarn, and Kapur piles on the treachery and romance. full review
October 12, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The movie looks beautiful, enhanced by intriguing camerawork and sumptuous production design. But the music is overbearing, perhaps to compensate for the pedestrian script and dull history lesson. full review
October 12, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There are scenes where the costumes are so sumptuous, the sets so vast, the music so insistent, that we lose sight of the humans behind the dazzle of the production. full review
October 12, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Through the miracle of modern technology, the film achieves alchemy in reverse, turning historical gold into contemporary lead. full review
October 11, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The Golden Age is frustrating because Kapur does seem to have a taste for nutball pageantry -- he just won't let himself go all the way with it. full review
October 10, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
A completely useless, over-enunciated film -- an instant antique. full review
October 9, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Cate Blanchett can do anything, even play Bob Dylan, but she can't save this creaky sequel to her star-making 1998 biopic of Elizabeth I. full review
October 8, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is an unholy mixture of the banal and the bombastic. full review
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March 14, 2008i cant even discribe how amazing this film is it is so powerfull and it just makes you realize how hard it must have been to be queen at that time and all the emocions and complicatons that elizibeth went throgh when she aws on the throne of england n eny of thos that are intrested in this kind of thing i recomend you wach it...england rocks lol all that was really cheesy oh well lol
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October 31, 2007i never knew lily allen was a lady-in-waiting in the original "elizabeth"
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October 24, 2007unreal story and movie, excellent actors, i would see it again, a movie must,
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October 6, 2007omg this looks SOOO good!!!!!!i cant wait for it!!!!!!when does it come out??!!!!!
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August 9, 2007This looks so good, Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen together on screen, should create sparks.
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