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Title: alas
Review: Visually opulent, but, sad to say, ponderous and overlong....a triumph of style over substance...pity, because the Elizabethan era is one of the most interesting political periods in history....see "Elizabeth R." instead, or even "Lady Jane" (which depicts an earlier time in English history, but much better captures the nasty backstabbing of the Catholic/Protestant struggle in England in the 1500s) ..."Elizabeth" does benefit from some fine performances and has many splendid scenes (especially the closing one)... if only things had been done in 90 minutes or so...
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