Easily the best costume drama I've seen.

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2000)

I've seen Elizabeth twice and intend to see it many more times in the future. I cannot vouch for the veracity of the story line in all its details but of the history that I do know I believe that it is accurate, varying only in slight creative manipulations. In my opinion, beyond the wonderful work of Blanchett and Rush, the extraordinary visual pallet of the Director, Shekhar Kapur, puts Elizabeth into another realm of movie enjoyment. People should see the film just to see the directorial brilliance of the way in which Kapur literally "paints" the screen, allowing the main characters to move within a visual richness that is truly a feast for the eye of the soul.