"Cate Blanchett in the title role lets out so much fury at the Spanish for their invasion, so much envy at her favorite lady-in-waiting."
-Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve
"Her [Blanchett's] Elizabeth is so indisputably flesh-and-blood that no further point need be made of it."
-Todd McCarthy, Variety
"Dominated by bravura, [an] Oscar-
-Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com
And look at what the same critics said about the film:"Bombastic music and lavish costumes cannot disguise the film's coming across as a ho-
-Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve
"Production values most excel in the costume, makeup and hair departments, and least excel in the musical score, which almost never takes a break and bludgeons the ears in the worst modern manner."
-Todd McCarthy, Variety
"Using the same kitschy, hysterical, sensualist approach to the second chapter in what promises to be a multi-saga series, Shekar Kapur again proves that he is a superficial stylist."
-Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com
Sigh. Proof, again, that trailers mean nothing. And if that weren't enough, Rendition is flunking with critics, too. Unless The Golden Age's RT rating somehow goes from 33% to 80%, Cate will probably be left out. So sad. Does this not echo something that we heard...oh, say, two weeks ago with The Brave One?
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Then again she could be propelled into Best Actress because she is God but she would have a better chance if I'm Not There didn't come out this year. And the film could be pushed into BP by the artistic branches and the actors
Well, Sean Penn got an undeserved nomination for "I Am Sam" and it received 28/100 on Metacritic and had 34% on RT and Cate Blanchett actually gives a good performance. There is still hope for Cate.
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