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Elizabeth I: Season 1
  • Network: Channel 4
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 29, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Helen Mirren, Patrick Malahide, Jeremy Irons
  • Summary: Helen Mirren gives a sure-to-be-Emmy-nominated performance as the unmarried English ruler in this co-production of HBO and England's Channel 4 that is set during the later years of Elizabeth's reign.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    "Elizabeth I" soars on every level from the writing, to the directing to the acting.
  2. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    100
    An explosion of fireworks. [1 May 2006, p.39]
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    [It] would be an above-average Masterpiece [Theatre] installment.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. K8rpot8rFaith
    10
    I thought this movie imptomized what Elizabeth the I was all about....Oh and about the Music aspect...I am going to school for music and the music was exactly what you would have heard back then! I just wish I could have been a fly on the wall for this movie in the making!!… Expand
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  2. RandyM
    10
    Elizabeth I is an awe-inspiring, terrifying, work of brilliant art. Definitely one of the best shows you'll see on television this year. The acting is absolutely astounding (kudos to Helen Mirren) and the show keeps you mesmerized until the very end. Amazing.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. KathrynH
    3
    Mirren is fab, but the writing is not up to HBO standards, and the music is bizarre, alternately incongruous and sappy. A bit disappointing that the focus was on Liz I, hottie, as opposed to Elizabeth Regina, world ruler.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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