Saoirse Ronan

Margot Robbie

Jack Lowden

Joe Alwyn

David Tennant

Guy Pearce

Gemma Chan

Martin Compston

Ismael Cruz Cordova

Brendan Coyle

Ian Hart

James McArdle

Richard Cant

Guy Rhys

Thom Petty

Izuka Hoyle

John Ramm

Simon Russell Beale

Maria Dragus

Liah O'Prey

Eileen O'Higgins

Greg Miller Burns

Aneurin Pascoe

Adrian Derrick-Palmer

Kal Sabir

Luke Kidd

Adrian Lester

Georgia Burnell

Alan Turkington

Euan Macnaughton

Scot Greenan

Karen Dunbar

Ian Hallard

Andrew Rothney

Angela Bain

Abby Cassidy

Shalisha James-Davis

Adam Bond

Katharine O'Donnelly

Grace Molony

Luke Hobson

Ben Wiggins

Eldredd Wolf

Eric MacLennan

Nathen East

Daniel Booroff

Sean Buchanan

Matthew Pidgeon

Benjamin Barraclough

Jordan Turk

Adam Stevenson

Chris Grahamson

Ed Jones

Owen Gorman

John Stahl

Kadiff Kirwan

Alex Beckett

Will Rowlands

Grant Crookes

Philip Gascoyne

Alicia Brockenbrow

Sean Bingham

Lemuel Black

Sean Condren

Edward Linard

Kate Pakenham

Russell Balogh

Amelia Granger

Jenny Shircore

Max Cormac

James Bewley

Richard Ryan

Liza Chasin

Jason Beeston

Erol Mehmet

Tania Blunden

Adam Behan

Stuart Frift

Alex Payne

Andy Pilgrim

Harvey Taylor

Gerry Behan

Tony Condren

James Cosgrave

Gavin Coventry

Michael Hanna

Darren Costello

Richard Leggett

David Garrick

Nathaniel Marten

Harriet Spencer

Alastair Coomer

Jack Miles

Stav Dvorkin

Mathew McKay

James Manning

Jonathan East

Levan Doran

Dave Boyle

Justin Pearson

Aran Condren

Shay Doherty

Ciaran O'Grady

Dan Styles

Richie Wilson

Lauterio Zamparelli

Jinny Lofthouse

Ken Doherty

Nick Poole

Dafydd Bates

Lucy Ward

Alex Rouse

Terry Jarvis

Angela Moneke

Pete Cavaciuti

Angus Hudson

Samantha Redwood

Derek Walker

Laura Sulca

Matthew Robinson

Brendan Handscombe

Pat Karam

Tom Turner

Finlay Britton

Mark Walledge

Ian Lumsden

Ava Skeet

Louise Coles

Heidi Freeman

Filippo Maso

Gavin Dean

Matt George

Lewis Hume

Tommy Holman

Emma MacDevitt

Hannah Edwards

Susie Redfern

Anthony Dias

Kate Chadderton

Simon Hume

Simon Dunn

Archie Muller

Alex Golding

Laura Smith

Sarah Kelly

Andrew Ryland

Karl King

Rodrigo Gutierrez

Todd Ellis

Oliver Goodier

Denise Ball

James Wakefield

Tamara Catlin-Birch

Marie Boon

Sarah Brest

Annette Field

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Gimly

Thinking about them just in terms of their visual appearnce, Saoirse Ronan probably should have played Queen Elizabeth I instead of Mary, and Margot Robbie probably should have played Not In This Movie.

Perhaps it could have performed better, had it not come out the same year as both _Outlaw King_ and _The Favourite_, as its content lies somewhere between the two, but its quality pales to either.

_Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal._

TheRealMina

This movie is complete trash. 
Watch only if you want modern politics shoved down your throat.

The movie focuses more on LGBT rights then events related to the setting the movie takes place.
Poor casting choices, horrible acting from A-list actors and low budget sets.

Not worth streaming. Not worth pirating. Not worthing Seeding. 
Not worth the popcorn.

We have a scourge upon our land. 'Tis worse than pestilence and famine. 'Tis a woman with a crown. 
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Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution. 


Directed by Josie Rourke and written by Bau Willimon and John Guy, Mary Queen of Scots is the latest in a long line of historical costumers that fudge history to suit heir own ends. From a technical standpoint it's top draw, design, costuming and lead acting performances are quality - though Mary herself ends up being more cartoonish than anything resembling a tragic historical figure. Sadly, though, the narrative goes round and round in circles and ends up in a politically correct fog.​

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The pace is laborious, which makes the two hour run time something of a chore to get through. There's little dangles of spice, with attempts at gay acceptance and oral pleasure etc etc, and things hit an upward curve in the latter stages, there's even some smarts in the narrative where obsession with rites and rules of succession threaten to turn the pic into exciting politico/religio waters. Alas, it's a false dawn, to the point where the costume design becomming the best thing in a production speaks volumes about a badly - on the page - historical drama. 3/10

We have a scourge upon our land. 'Tis worse than pestilence and famine. 'Tis a woman with a crown.

Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Directed by Josie Rourke and written by Beau Willimon and John Guy, Mary Queen of Scots is the latest in a long line of historical costumers that fudge history to suit heir own ends. From a technical standpoint it's top draw, design, costuming and lead acting performances are quality - though Mary herself ends up being more cartoonish than anything resembling a tragic historical figure. Sadly, though, the narrative goes round and round in circles and ends up in a politically correct fog.​
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The pace is laborious, which makes the two hour run time something of a chore to get through. There's little dangles of spice, with attempts at gay acceptance and oral pleasure etc etc, and things hit an upward curve in the latter stages, there's even some smarts in the narrative where obsession with rites and rules of succession threaten to turn the pic into exciting politico/religio waters. Alas, it's a false dawn, to the point where the costume design becoming the best thing in a production speaks volumes about a badly - on the page - historical drama. 3/10

CinemaSerf

Unfortunately there are just too many flaws in this depiction of the life of Mary Stuart to itemise. The writing rather clumsily imposes a 21st century slant on 16th century Scottish history and seems more bent on imposing the morals and opinions of the former on the times and scenarios of the latter. Neither principal performance is particularly engaging; and Jack Lowden and Joe Alwyn are frankly hopeless as the sexually ambiguous "Darnley" and "Leicester" respectively. The Oscar nominations for Make-up and Costume are certainly well deserved, but really do epitomise the style-over-substance emphasis of this weak adaptation of one of history's greatest rivalries.

Well, I guess the good new is that you don't have to worry at all. It is not historically accurate, and by that I mean it falls under the title of "revisionist." Normally I don't care if a film is historically accurate, I understand it is Hollywood...but I do care if it is a total re-write of history.

This is a rewrite, it is so far from accurate that it is a clear attempt to change people's knoweldge of the historical figures and the era.

But, the good news is that where is lacks in historical correctness it more than makes up for in political correctness. And that might be at the route of why it veers so far from depicting actual real life events. It's focus was elsewhere, it's focus was on appeasing the people that support censorship and wish nothing more than to revise history to suit their political agenda.

But, the good news is that they do a great job of breaking down a tense political and religious struggle to sex.. sex... sex, which seems to be the real driving force behind man characters in the film, forsaking what would have otherwise been an interesting and story of political intrigue

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The Unwelcome Threat to Queen Elizabeth’s Throne

Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan never saw each other in costume until the end of Mary Queen of Scots

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Mary & Elizabeth's Secret Meeting

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"What Of Us"

Mary Queen of Scots( 2018)

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A review by Gimly

Written by Gimly on Tue Feb 19 2019

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