Word: cate
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...film which is trying to reach out beyondthe frock film crowd--with war scenes that aretruly bloody, a Byzantine political atmosphere aslurid and conspiratorial as our own and a gleamingfeminist jewel in the center of the spectacle--itsElizabeth is decidedly archaic. Despite theexcellent work of Cate Blanchett, who resemblesthe real Queen Elizabeth to an astonishing degree,her character is seldom as active, charismatic andcomplex as the historical queen must have been.Perhaps if the film's plotting were lessconvoluted, perhaps if Blanchett's Elizabeth weremore appealing, perhaps if we saw Elizabethstruggle more with her own sovereignty, the filmmight truly give...
...Mary's public burnings of Protestants (presented in lurid excess in the opening of the film) only intensify the conflict. Into the middle of this maelstrom, Kapur places Elizabeth: young, innocent, with flowing hair and a penchant for dancing the volta. There may be something tenacious and unreadable in Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth, but Kapur doesn't help much, filming the young royal in pastel gowns with a bevy of handmaidens and a robust beau, prancing giddily in some absurdly verdant corner of the English countryside. This is the Virgin Queen before she was a virgin (to quote the preeminent...
ELIZABETH Starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush Directed by Shekhar Kapur Polygram Pictures...
...stated. In short, this darkly sumptuous, hypnotically complex movie ought to have many constituencies, even in the age of Ally McBeal. The largest of them may turn out to be moviegoers hungry for rich, old-fashioned historical spectacle and eager to revel in the subtle grace with which Cate Blanchett takes the title character from wariness to regality...
...would stumble either professionally or personally. Small chance: by our calculations, the subjects of the past three Hollywood issues show an 87% chance of stardom and a 0% chance of jail time. This year's group is, from left to right: JOAQUIN PHOENIX, VINCE VAUGHN, NATALIE PORTMAN, DJIMON HOUNSOU, CATE BLANCHETT, TOBEY MAGUIRE, CLAIRE FORLANI, GRETCHEN MOL, CHRISTINA RICCI, EDWARD FURLONG and RUFUS SEWELL...