Wonderful yet disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (26 July 2006)

Cate Blanchett is very good in the role of Elizabeth I. I think it is a crying shame that the script was so bad. It is so wrong about the demise of Mary of Guise. I wish that with such a lot of time and expense going into this film that the history had been accurate. Sir John Gielgud is very good as the Pope. What a brilliant actor he was. Richard Attenborough is also well cast as Sir William Cecil. One of my least favourite actors, Geoffrey Rush is not bad as Walsingham. Joseph Fiennes is also good as the Earl of Leicester. A real surprise is Eric Cantona as Monsieur de Foix. This film could have been a great one but really only had some moments.