Storyline
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
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Cast
Guy Pearce, Saoirse Ronan, Adrian Lester, Martin Compston, Gemma Chan, David Tennant, Ian Hart, Simon Russell Beale, Brendan Coyle, Eric MacLennan, Sean Buchanan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Jack Lowden, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Alex Beckett, Eileen O'Higgins, Scot Greenan, Scot Greenan, James McArdle, Andrew Rothney, Adam Bond, Joe Alwyn, John Ramm, Euan MacNaughton, Alan Turkington, Matthew Pidgeon, Daniel Booroff, Ben Wiggins, Guy Rhys, Richard Cant, Thom Petty, Izuka Hoyle, Maria Dragus, Liah O'Prey, Greg Miller Burns, Aneurin Pascoe, Adrian Derrick-Palmer, Kal Sabir, Luke Kidd, Georgia Burnell, Karen Dunbar, Ian Hallard, Angela Bain, Abby Cassidy, Shalisha James-Davis, Katharine O'Donnelly, Grace Molony, Luke Hobson, Eldredd Wolf, Nathen East, Benjamin Barraclough, Jordan Turk, Adam Stevenson, Chris Grahamson, Ed Jones, Owen Gorman, John Stahl, Kadiff Kirwan
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Reviews
92
Ronan’s fiery Mary and Robbie’s emotionally complex Elizabeth truly reign divine on screen.
91
Despite its ruff collars and Elizabethan English, Mary Queen of Scots is no staid, stuffy period drama, as restrained as the breathing of corseted women. Instead, this a vital film, whose lace-trimmed bosom heaves with life.
80
It is a finely constructed drama, avoiding stuffiness without slipping into camp territory and while diehard historians might disapprove, everyone else will be supremely entertained.
80
Empire
A history lesson with more fire in the belly than most. It turns out that a feminist angle really can revive the same old Tudor psychodramas, thanks in large part to Ronan and Robbie’s authoritative performance.
80
The film is led by a performance of thrilling regality and nuance from Saoirse Ronan as Mary.
