Mary Queen of Scots

The widowed Mary Queen Of Scots (Saoirse Ronan) returns to her native Scotland to assume her throne. Her brother James Murray (James McArdle) and his lords are wary of having a female ruler, while in England her cousin Elizabeth (Margot Robbie) is threatened by this new, Catholic monarch on the same island.

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Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan butt heads in a thrilling drama of 16th century statecraft

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A note-perfect performance from the three-time Oscar nominee charges a darkly compelling, if factually questionable, 16th-century retelling

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The two Oscar-nominated actors bring grace and grit to what otherwise feels like a stock, stuffy period piece

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Saoirse Ronan stars in the titular role and Margot Robbie plays Queen Elizabeth in Josie Rourke's period drama, written by Beau Willimon and premiering at AFI Fest.

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Like a costume-drama Heat, Mary Queen Of Scots keeps Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie apart

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If all you do is look at their performances, the historical drama is worthy of praise. Step back, and the overall production stumbles through writing mistakes, has a drab look and a storytelling structure that puts the main event so deep into the tale it's almost an afterthought.

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‘Mary Queen of Scots’ won’t surprise you, but it’s an engaging period drama nonetheless

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In many interpretations of her story, Mary Queen of Scots was a woman who wanted power and love and ended up with neither.

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Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie play rival queens in an overloaded costume drama that tries to pack a TV season’s worth of intrigue into two hours.

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It looks beautiful and moves swiftly but never quite takes full imaginative flight.

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An oft-told drama never catches fire, despite fine performances by Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart and Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth

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Rourke’s film is most compelling when it homes in on the parallels between Mary and Elizabeth as they struggle to reconcile their femininity—particularly Elizabeth, whose exhausted, pox-marked face leads her to remark that the throne has made her “more man than woman”—with their immeasurable power and responsibility in very different ways.

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Mary Queen of Scots catches the outline but misses all the details.

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Is the story of Mary Stuart and Queen Elizabeth I the right one to burden with a feminist message? A history of two enemy queens — divine and empowered by birthright — getting into a decades-long spat over who will rule England, it sounds more like a soap opera than a soapbox.

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