this is a certainly passable dramatization, but it was never raised in my awareness as anything but a mere dramatization. there were too many times where a romantic thread was followed that did not ring true. i felt like i got more meaningful information from five minutes research on Wikipedia than i got from this drama. the drama, for me, never transcended mere adequateness, if that. i did like the acting of Toby Jones as Robert Cecil and look forward to seeing him as Truman Capote in Infamous. and Walsingham seemed nearly as interesting a character in this as he was portrayed so well by Geoffrey Rush in Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett. too bad that one guy was in those Star Wars movies, whenever he spoke all i could hear was Palpatine and cringe. i retreat to my untidy corner and plan to look at good history books when i want history and better dramas when i want drama. a subtitle for this film might be "the passionate loves of a virgin" or "the men of Elizabeth".
Review of Elizabeth I
