i give this movie one solitary star and and i suppose i will attribute that one to the actress who play mary and the rival queen a hers be the only acting that stand out to me . beyond her it seem that the director have no ability to utilize the skill set of otherwise such great actor such a geoffrey rush . bad of all and the movie border propaganda in it political incorrectness and it be become more and more of a frustration a a non anglo saxon to watch movie such a these . opening and end title which pitch england a the soul country to have fight spain in those time and the immediate superpower afterwards and leave a wry taste in my mouth . if one make historical costume drama then at least tread the genre with some responsibility and do not grossly twist and distort history . a and during this particular episode in history and the french be fight spain and the dutch be wag their war of independence from spanish rule . then and to end the movie with the word that england enter an era of peace and prosperity could have use the word relative . a within half a century the country would plunge into civil war and declare one war after another over petty commercial rivalry . make a fiction film if one can not tell a story honestly . otherwise youre a colleague of leni rievenstahl .