Superbly done historical piece

Rating: Null/10 (29 June 2000)

The basic plot : Queen Elizabeth the Ist ascends throne amid complications of monarchy, religion and social power.
The praise: Cate blanchett is great as the Queen in her younger days,and helped by a good supporting cast,including several British actors.The design is immaculate,with great cinematography,and the sets,costumes,lighting and hair are good as well.Very dramatic in it's interpretations and the showing of the complications of court ,politics,society,power,sex,and crime in tudor england. The flaws :the plot gets lost in design