2018 · drama · history
Mary Queen of Scots
2h 4m2018
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
Our read: Mary Queen of Scots (2018) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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