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- A British period drama starring two Oscar nominees as two 16th Century monarchs, Mary Queen of Scots is the sort of prestige production that usually does well during awards season. But this flashily tailored shambles won’t win much except in the hair, make-up and costume categories.
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Great star performance in sometimes violent historic drama. Read Common Sense Media's Mary Queen of Scots review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Josie Rourke
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, David Tennant
The much anticipated Elizabethan-era film, Mary Queen of Scots hit theaters everywhere December 21. Starring Academy Award nominees Soarise Ronan and Margot Robbie, the film tells the true...
Dec 10, 2018 · You may know the tragic story of Mary Queen of Scots (Saoirse Ronan) and Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), but a new movie takes liberties with the facts.
- Maria Puente
- Entertainment Reporter
- Mary Stuart
- Elizabeth I
- Henry Darnley
- David Rizzio
- Opposition to Mary’s Rule
- Mary’s Time in England
After teasing her decapitation, the film flashes back to 1561, when the newly widowed Mary returned to Scotland following the death of her first husband, François II. Her uncertainty around her half-brother James (James McArdle), who served as regent in her absence, and her immediate antipathy with John Knox (David Tennant) are decidedly true to li...
When we first meet Elizabeth in Mary Queen of Scots, she’s in her element at the English court, skeptical of and even amused by her young challenger to the north. But counter to the film’s framing, Mary’s claim to power was arguably more assured than her cousin’s. Where Elizabeth was the illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII, Mary’s descent from the ...
In the film, Henry Darnley charms Mary before revealing his true colors as a petulant, power-hungry prince who beds a courtier, David Rizzio (or Riccio), instead of his wife on their wedding night. Angry at being denied kingship, he drinks, swaggers, and schemes. Ultimately, he’s pressured into killing his former lover to avoid being exposed as a “...
In Mary Queen of Scots, Rizzio is established as an Italian courtier, musician, and eventually Mary’s dear friend, the only man among her coterie of maids. He’s also heavily implied to be gay, though Mary says explicitly that she doesn’t hold his “nature” (or, more to the point, his relationship with her husband) against him. It’s true that Rizzio ...
In the film, Mary’s relationship with her half-brother James, the Earl of Moray, is fraught from the outset—he’s both her chief advisor in the Scottish court and a Protestant who expects obedience and conformity. Historically, that resentment culminated in the quickly-quashed uprising known as the Chaseabout Raid, when Moray found himself outnumber...
Mary Queen of Scots’ most marked departure from history is the secret, in-person rendezvous between Elizabeth and Mary at the latter’s lowest point. Though this isn’t the first time such an encounter has been dramatized—meetings between the two were imagined as early as 1801—the reality is that the pair never saw each other face-to-face. Guy assert...
- Alex Barasch
Dec 6, 2018 · The answers, according to “Mary Queen of Scots,” are “not quite” and “almost.” The monarchs in question are Mary, played by Saoirse Ronan, and her cousin Elizabeth I, played by Margot Robbie....
- Josie Rourke
Sep 22, 2019 · Mary Queen of Scots tells the true story of the 16th-century Scottish monarch, but the film also makes some key changes to history for dramatic purposes. Directed by Josie Rourke and written by Beau Willimon ( House of Cards ), Mary Queen of Scots stars Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan as Queen Mary Stuart and Margot Robbie as Queen ...
Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under...
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