
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Movie · PG-13 · 114 min · ★ 6.7 · 40% critics
A powerful queen faces threats from within her court and from a looming foreign invasion, forcing her and her closest adviser to navigate betrayal, religious tension, and high-stakes diplomacy. As pressure mounts to secure the realm’s future, personal feelings and political survival collide against the backdrop of impending war.
Also known as Elizabeth 2
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-09-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (1,309 votes)
- Box office
- $75,782,758
- Budget
- $55,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a glossy historical drama mixing court intrigue, romance, and wartime stakes, similar in spirit to Charlotte Gray or Ophelia; Not for you if you need strict accuracy or dislike melodramatic plotting.
Pros: lavish costumes and sets; strong lead performance; tense naval spectacle | Cons: shaky historical accuracy; uneven pacing; romance feels forced
Themes
- assassination
- england
- queen elizabeth i
- religious war
- tudor
- armada
- catholicism
- sea battle
- palace intrigue
- 16th century
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2008
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew

Cate Blanchett
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Laurence Fox
as Sir Christopher Hatton

Clive Owen
as Sir Walter Raleigh

Geoffrey Rush
as Sir Francis Walsingham

Tom Hollander
as Amyas Paulet

Abbie Cornish
as Elizabeth Throckmorton

Rhys Ifans
as Robert Reston

Samantha Morton
as Mary, Queen of Scots

Jordi Mollà
as King Philip II of Spain

Eddie Redmayne
as Anthony Babington
Directed by Shekhar Kapur