I was waiting for the film to start and then it ended. I was not sure what I was watching. Was it a documentary or a drama? The characters on Mary's side were a colourful but on Elizabeth's side, were bland and washed out. It's okay, I get it. I have read numerous biographies on Elizabeth I, so I am familiar with this story and I believe that the biographies did it better. But this review is about the film itself, and I loved the costuming and pacing, and all of that, but I thought the story did not have any emotional hooks with the audience. It was only about the internal monologues of the characters.