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.
Despite its title, Shekhar Kapur's new film resembles tarnished copper.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct 2007
rotten:
I can almost recommend this film as a great-looking, bombastic guilty pleasure. But the soundtrack is unbearable, the soap opera love triangle -- laughable.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
15 Oct 2007
fresh:
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.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
17 Oct 2007
rotten:
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.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
19 Oct 2007
rotten:
Making soap of statecraft, the film has plenty of juicy moments, but offers an inconsistent rather than complex view of Elizabeth.