Mary, Queen of Scots

Name: Mary, Queen of Scots
Genre: Drama, History

United Kingdom, United States · 1971
Rated PG-13 · 2h 8m
Director Charles Jarrott
Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Genre Drama, History

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Her cousin and adversary Elizabeth Tudor, the English queen, considers her a threat to the throne, and schemes to bring about Mary's downfall.

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TV Guide Magazine by

The picture is long, beautiful, and dull.

The New Yorker by Pauline Kael

There's no motivating idea visible in this version, produced abroad by Hal B. Wallis, and the leaden script, by John Hale, lacks romantic spirit and dramatic sense.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Historical dramas can be fun if you approach them in the right spirit, and I enjoyed Mary, Queen of Scots.

The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Because both Miss Redgrave and Miss. Jackson possess identifiable intelligence, Mary, Queen of Scots is not as difficult to sit through as some bad movies I can think of. It's just solemn, well-groomed and dumb.