Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
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35% of critics liked it
(164 reviews) -
62% of users liked it
(355,959 ratings)
Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer… More Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin Queen" and noted adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Michael Hirst teams with William Nicholson to pen the screenplay, and actor Geoffrey Rush returns to the role of Sir Francis Walsingham. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Shekhar Kapur
- Written By
- William Nicholson, Michael Hirst
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
- In Theaters
- Oct 12, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ben Walters, Time Out
Making soap of statecraft, the film has plenty of juicy moments, but offers an inconsistent rather than complex view of Elizabeth.
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Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
This is romantic fantasy, not history, and much of the time you fully expect Kapur, here making his third post-Bollywood feature, to turn his cast loose in song and dance.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, from a screenplay by William Nicholson and Michael Hirst, turned out to be more rousingly entertaining than many of its less-than-lukewarm reviews had led me to anticipate.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I can almost recommend this film as a great-looking, bombastic guilty pleasure. But the soundtrack is unbearable, the soap opera love triangle -- laughable.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Despite its title, Shekhar Kapur's new film resembles tarnished copper.
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Cast
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Cate Blanchett
as Queen Elizabeth I
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Geoffrey Rush
as Sir Francis Walsingham
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Clive Owen
as Sir Walter Raleigh
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Rhys Ifans
as Robert Reston
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Jordi Molla
as King Philip II of Spain
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Abbie Cornish
as Bess Throckmorton
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Samantha Morton
as Mary Stuart
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Tom Hollander
as Sir Amyas Paulet
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Antony Carrick
as Spanish Archbishop
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David Threlfall
as Dr. John Dee
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Eddie Redmayne
as Thomas Babington
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John Shrapnel
as Lord Howard
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Laurence Fox
as Sir Christopher Hatton
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Adrian Scarborough
as Calley
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Steven Robertson
as Francis Throckmorton
- Tim Preece
- Sam Spruell








