Weirdly close to the Margot Robbie version - maybe that's not so weird, they've just gone for the same greatest hits, with Mary arriving in England, Liz sending her lover to marry Mary, Darnley having it off with Rizzo. This even has a feminist slant too with the men all trying to pinch power off Mary and Liz, and John Knox ranting away.
Basic problem of this remains - how not to make Mary sound silly. She seems like an idot. The men characters take over.
Timothy Dalton steals the show in the best part - the bisexual playboy Darnley. Ian Holm is Rizzio. Patrick mcGoohan is Mary's brother. Trevor Howard basically playing Donald Crisp. Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave seem to be going through the motions.
Everyone speaks in that historical recap dialogue way.
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