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Mary, Queen of Scots After the French king dies in 1560 and the vibrant, widowed, Catholic Mary Queen of Scots (Saoirse Ronan) returns to Scotland to assume the throne from her regent brother (James McArdle) in this captivating, factually inspired, well-acted, star-studded (Guy Pearce, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Joe Alwyn, Brendan Coyle, Adrian Lester, Simon Russell Beale, and Ismael Cruz Córdova), 125 minute historical drama based on John Guy's biography Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart and highlighted by striking costumes, sets, scenery, and cinematography but marred by sporadic mumbled dialogue, she marries her bisexual first cousin (Jack Lowden) against the wishes of her Protestant cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie) while the political and religious tensions escalate between England and Scotland, and when her husband is murdered, she reluctantly marries an earl (Martin Compston) but is forced to abdicate the throne in 1567 and is eventually beheaded 18 years later.   Redhead: Year: 2018 Rating:  R View Mary, Queen of Scots on the Internet Movie Database