Movie Review: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Starring Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush
Rated PG-13

It's 1585 and Queen Elizabeth I has occupied the English throne for 27 years, but traitors within her country as well as international political rivals continue to threaten her position. King Philip II of Spain, a religious zealot, is hellbent on returning England and its Protestant Queen to Catholicism, even if it means all-out war. Plotting with the Spanish King to usurp Elizabeth's crown is the Queen's own cousin, Mary Stuart the Queen of Scots, under house arrest in England. Meanwhile, back in the Queen's court, Elizabeth's advisers continue to pressure her into choosing a suitable husband. But when the explorer Walter Raleigh returns to England, his tales of the New World and its enticing exports (not to mention his charming good looks) divide the Queen's attentions, making her vulnerable.

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