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Parents' Guide to

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

By Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Talky, arty, intense sequel may not interest kids.

Movie PG-13 2007 114 minutes
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Community Reviews

age 15+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 18+

More for those interested in History

I do not think this is a family movie it is definitely one for adults who are interested in pasty of Queen Elizabeth’s life. It is pretty violent and contains nudity. But uses good story telling and features great actors.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
age 13+

Time killer

It is a good movie but with severe scenes of war violence and romantic references but it may not actually interest kids.....

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3 ):
Kids say (3 ):

Stiff and strange, the movie is full of bravura speeches and dazzling visuals. A gun firing at Elizabeth blasts the screen away into bright white light, and she enacts her plan for the Armada on a floor map with giant gold model ships, spectacularly shot from overhead like a living chessboard. But the beauty is, at last, too ravishing. The movie feels more superficial than significant, like it's stuck behind a pane of glass.

"I pretend there's a pane of glass between me and them. They can't touch me. You should try it." When Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) offers this bit of advice to a nervous royal suitor, he smiles obligingly but admits he just can't manage the pretense, not being as strong, independent-minded, or self-absorbed as she is. It's close to a perfect moment in ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE, for it shows concisely the Virgin Queen's authority and loneliness, her genius and rage.

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