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Rating:  - fantastic work of art reaching the highest levels of excellence
at first i thought this was some mushy love story but the resemblence of mrs duff to the queen intreaged me. the awsum detail in costume,loacation and acting tells the story well of one of my favorite queens this woman lived with treachery,deciet,and plots of assasination around every corner and though she looked like a frail little girl she could be as vicious as a tiger and from time to time she was . this is as much of a work of art as the mona lisa in my book .watching this makes you feel like your there and the musical score was haunting but worked very well wish they'ed put it on cd
Rating: - The most true movie I have seen
I have watched several movies and read several books on Queen Elizabeth and this is by far the most accurate movie available. Although I love all movies about Queen Elizabeth I have found this one to be the most historicaly correct.
Rating: - Elizabeth Queen of England
I enjoyed the story very much. Besides being a fasinating story, I felt that it also was historically accurate. I highly recommend it.
Rating: - Delightful to watch and watch again...
Five stars. And five stars to the reviewer "Buck Bauer" whose review pointed me to Amazon.co.uk as a source for the soundtrack. It seems that folks either love or hate the music. I ADORE it and am thrilled to have finally obtained a copy. I was really struggling with the lyrics of what I believe is the first song in the movie. On watching the Helen Mirren version of Elizabeth I on HBO I connected the lyrics to the poem by Elizabeth I "On Monsieur's Departure"
It's hardly worth comparing the various portrayals of Elizabeth I. All versions are interesting and stand on their own. And I agree with another viewer who feels that Tilda Swinton (outstanding in "Orlando" - another film with a haunting soundtrack) would perhaps make the best Elizabeth I yet.
Rating: - Trust me
I wrote up a rather length and detailed review of this excellent series and then the computer crashed. Divine intervention!?
Suffice it to say that this is a marvelous drama for both new and old fans of the English history genre. Anne Marie Duff and a stellar supporting cast (Tom Hardy and the magnetic Derek Riddell deserve special recognition) make it even more compelling than the celebrity-driven versions more well known. Forgive some erratic direction, phony looking glue-on facial hair, Essex's hyped up Oedipal complex and frequently too on-the-nose dialogue and just enjoy the performances, production values and even soundtrack. While it curious that this UK-filmed miniseries seems strangely devoid of any rain maybe Gloriana was so named for the weather!), it is a first rate work well worth the 4 hours' viewing.
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