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    Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie rule in 'Mary Queen of Scots,' but this history lesson is overly pulpy

    by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2018 3 minutes

    Only one royal has made it into the title, but "Mary Queen of Scots" is in truth a regal double bill, and it's as a showcase for the two actresses who play dueling monarchs that it is most successful.

    The redoubtable Saoirse Ronan, thrice Oscar nominated at age 24, is appropriately regal and commanding as the titular 16th century queen who lost her head.

    Margot Robbie, meanwhile, impresses as well in the opposing role of her cousin Elizabeth I, unwilling executioner, sometime geopolitical rival and full-time ruler of England.

    The two women

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