Elizabeth 1998

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Paul Tatara, CNN.com: It's almost guaranteed to get a couple of Oscar nominations in the technical categories, and I think Blanchett deserves one, too. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Without [Blanchett], Kapur's extravagant history lesson (written by Michael Hirst) blurs into dark doings among men in tights. Read more

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Time Out: Kapur cunningly confuses gender roles, equates sex with death, and rattles through dark, stony passions with some considerable panache. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: "Elizabeth" is superior historical soap opera that shrewdly sidesteps all the cliches of British costume drama with its bold, often modern approach. Read more