Now that Elizabeth: The Golden Age has been released in some parts, reviews are pouring in. Unfortunately from what I have come across, the reviews seem to be quite bad, granted not as bad as one could imagine, but still it seems the second coming of Queen Elizabeth didn’t quite live up to expecations. :/ Hear are some of the less harsher ones, and I have scanned the two page review in the October 19th issue of Entertainment Weekly, view those here.

From – Entertainment Weekly
In the midst of all this 1980s-style Masterpiece Theatreism, meanwhile, one young performer sticks out as a reminder that Elizabeth: The Golden Age is, after all, a picture also made with a concern for today’s younger tastes in self-actualization. As her majesty’s royal favorite, Bess, Cornish (soon to appear in Stop Loss opposite Ryan Phillippe) comes across at every moment as a modern girl testing her girl power. Peach-toned and Australian like Blanchett, and poised in E2 for larger future fame the way Blanchett was in E1, the 25-year-old Cornish is a star with Now appeal synthesized into a production no longer sure what it wants to say about Then.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age has just hit US theaters today October 12th, so be sure to go out and support our Abbie Cornish. For full release dates go to IMDb.com.

I just got back from seeing the film myself and I found it absolutely fantastic. The costumes, sets and performances were spectacular. Miss Cornish is lovely in her role of Bess and her beauty is so enchanting. Her and Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth had wonderful chemistry and they really lit up the screen, I’d love to see them work together again. Be sure to go see it!

Following in the footsteps of Nicole, Naomi and other great Australian actresses, 25-year-old beauty Abbie Cornish, Cate Blanchett’s co-star in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, might surprise those who see Shekhar Kapur’s historic epic, because few people will have seen the actress’ amazing performances in the Aussie dramas Somersault and Candy. (A few more people may have seen her in Ridley Scott’s 2005 comedy A Good Year but not too many more.)

In The Golden Age, Cornish plays Bess Throckmorton, Queen Elizabeth’s first lady-in-waiting, who has an affair with Clive Owen’s Sir Walter Raleigh, much to the ire of the queen who also had her eye on the dashing adventurer, and when ComingSoon.net spoke to the young actress recently, we were pleasantly surprised by her eloquent responses to our questions.

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The Golden Age will be presented out of competition at the Rome Film Festival in Italy on October 19, 2007. Please refer to the fest’s website for further details. The film will also see its London, UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 23. No word whether or not Abbie will be in attendance at the European events.

The Golden Age is only one week away and I have added some stunning new imagery of Miss Abbie as Bess! Thanks to Titooy for these!

GALLERY LINKS:
- The Golden Age: Production Stills
- The Golden Age: On the Set