You should see this movie because....

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2008)

--you don't want to miss out on the superb performance by Samantha Morton, when, as Mary Stuart, she finds out that she is doomed. I saw this film on DVD- and when Ms Morton's scene was played I had to repeat it. It is incredible acting all 60 seconds of it. Just watch her wonderfully subtle facial expressions as she becomes aware of the inevitable consequences of her actions. Now that's about the only thing that I was moved by in this film. Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush always deliver great performances, but this was not the stage for their talents. The history was often wrong, the settings were too lavish and the writing was paper thin. I enjoyed the first installment enormously, but I was almost enormously disappointed by this film.