Customer Reviews
Could it have been worse? - By: Occasional Viewer, 29 May 2008 
Atrocious. A serious candidate for the worst film ever made in colour.
The closest this film comes to historical fact is the spelling of "Elizabeth" in the title (actuallly, since the rest is so far off the mark, I'm beginning to wonder now, if it that should be with an 's').
The acting is truly unbelievable - meaning "not believable". Clive Owen was at risk from woodworm - sadly, not for the first time. The whole film is just posing in costumes. This film is so bad, it's not funny (although some of the dialogue comes pretty close). Maybe it could have been worse, but it's hard imagine how. Perhaps if the cast had worn digital watches? It's a pity the star rating doesn't include negative numbers ...
Elizabethan Hollywood - By: Mrs. Ingrid Wilson, 15 May 2008 Having gone to great lengths to get this film I wish I hadn't bothered. Glitzy, historicallly inaccurate, unbelievable sets (Elizabeth would not have held court in any of the great Catholic cathedrals or abbeys). Once again the English film industry has pandered to Hollywood tastes perhaps in anticipation of Oscars . Even Cate Blanchette could not inject a poor, dull script & a constrained characterisation with any credibility. Sadly disappointed.
SINKER!! - By: C. J. Paling, 28 Apr 2008 Please do not pay any attention to any reviews that give this film anything more than one star - even which is being generous. This film is dreadful; the Spanish ambassador character is hilarious & belongs in Black Adder 2 (which by the way is a far more entertaining take on QE1!!) & does anyone know if the King of Spain had a funny walk? The guy walks like his pantaloons are chaffing him! The acting is woeful; Clive Owen is as wooden as the ships in the Armada & his performance along with everyone else's goes up in smoke as quick as the Armada did! How do you make film about what is an interesting part of England's history with interesting characters, exciting events & impressive battles & then manage to turn it into a boring load of nonsense with rubbish acting & script leaving the characters either as boring, comical or both & delivering a battle at sea with comedy death moments so void of reality it is shocking. Need I go on I could because every second of this film is total & utter trash.
second time unlucky - By: L. Mcwilliams, 05 Apr 2008 
This is a luxurious,colourful spectacle, but unfortunately thats alll it is. There is no true substance to this film, & it is held together by the performance of Cate Blanchett. If you enjoyed the first film, you will watch this one, but in my opinion the first had a very important ingredient which this one doesn't. Originality.
Watch on a sunday afternoon after lunch. You will falll asleep, but it won't matter cause there's nothing to miss.
Dreadful and absurd. - By: old gustaf, 03 Apr 2008 I had high expectations for this film, but as my wife & I sat watching it, we'd had enough after 20 minutes. We stuck with it for another 20 mins & then gave up & fast forwarded through the rest. Just a procession of costumes, ridiculous scenes of: her ralllying the troops (alll 30 of them), SWR diving under the burning Armada - & not a mention of Robert Dudley, despite the key role he played in her life.
