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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
· Movie
· 114 min
C
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3747
- IMDb #2663
- Rotten Tomatoes #3896
- Metacritic #3735
- Letterboxd #2850
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4501
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3417
- Metacritic Critics #3851
- Metacritic Audience #3252
- Criticker #2450
- Douban #1261
- Kinopoisk #1638
- AlloCiné #2419
- Trakt #2767
Every rating
35–78
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 35, highest is Google on 78. Critics average 40, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Queen Elizabeth I faces threats to her throne from Catholic Spain and its powerful king, who plans to invade England and overthrow her. Simultaneously, she navigates a treacherous court intrigue and a personal romantic temptation that could compromise her power. The queen must use all her political cunning and strength to defend her country and her identity as the Virgin Queen.
Details
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Writers
- Michael Hirst, William Nicholson
- Released
- 9 September 2007
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $74.2M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 17 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Costume Design | Alexandra Byrne | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2007 | Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2007 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Australian Film Institute Awards 2007 | Best International Actress | Cate Blanchett | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2007 | Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas and Richard Roberts | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Alexandra Byrne | Winner |
| Best Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Alexandra Byrne | Winner |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actress | Cate Blanchett | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Alexandra Byrne | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Jenny Shircore | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Guy Hendrix Dyas and Richard Roberts | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Remi Adefarasin | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period Film | Alexandra Byrne | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
Irish Film & Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |