Becoming Elizabeth

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Season 1
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 12, 2022
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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  1. OlivierPiel
    Jun 13, 2022
    6
    After one episode it's clear it is not Wolfhall but it is well directed, photographed, edited and acted. Some of the dialogues are anachronistic to say the least and characters could be better outlined or nuanced. Probably took license with truth, but, given the deluge of woke and pompous rubbish on offer it seems to be a good enough distraction.
  2. EFRAM
    Jun 26, 2022
    9
    Finally, a gripping, brilliantly written and directed deep dive into one of history's most fascinating people. A seething portrait of the inner workings of the English Court at a pivotal moment in its history. Practically perfect...in every way.

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Jun 13, 2022
    80
    This take on the Tudors boasts poison of every flavour. Succession has a very promising heir.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Angie Han
    Jun 13, 2022
    80
    Becoming Elizabeth grants the future monarch some of the agency that she claims to have been denied — and that the inevitability of history too often robs of its most influential figures. In the process, it turns a centuries-old tale into something both timeless and fresh.
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Jasper Rees
    Jun 13, 2022
    80
    Becoming Elizabeth takes a while to work up a head of steam. The dialogue contains quite a bit of idiot-board signposting – our daughter Jane, my sister Mary, your brother the King etc. Yet by episode three it has taken on a propulsive intensity, largely thanks to Anya Reiss’s sweaty, seamy, salty script, full of vomit and piss and cruelty.
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