*.5,1.5 out of 5 stars,the campy braveheartish story of Elizabeth 1st(the virgin queen)

Rating: 4/10 (15 May 1999)

Kinda odd on how the queen here could be called a virgin even though she & that lord robert guy had a really "really" romantic time in bed. to start off it was incredibly campy (even though it didn't go down as campy as film's like "The Swan Princess") the film is also a basic mix of a campy medieval romance film & the campy & stupidly gory braveheart. the film had an R rating for violence (which was basically a milder amount than braveheart),& sensuality(even though I don't really care all that much about that content part fans of this will feel a little jipped because the romance scene between Elizabeth & Robert was really brief & the only part that would satisfy the fans of this content is the sensual scene of a foreign royal official & one of Elizabeths lady-in-waitings),although what positive's thing I'll say is that it had some nice music & that little "3rd wife" crack made during the Bishop meeting was rather funny. so mainly a rather overrated-odd plotted film but mostly the good part was the nice music,makes me wonder if "shakespeare in love" is a worthy look.