Movies starring Cate Blanchett

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

139 mins Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Matt Damon stars as Tom Ripley who heads to Italy to bring Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) home but ends up falling in love with his lifestyle....

Pushing Tin (1999)

124 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

Frustrating, that what was the lasting feeling I has after I finished watching "Pushing Tin" because quite simply it is. Here is a movie which starts off, well I wouldn't say brilliantly but in such a way it grabs your attent...

An Ideal Husband (1999)

97 mins Comedy, Romance

Movie Review - An Ideal Husband (1999) Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam) finds himself being blackmailed by the cunning Mrs Chevely (Julianne Moore) which is why he has turned to Lord Goring (Rupert Everett) to help deal w...

Charlotte Gray (2001)

121 mins Drama, Romance, Thriller

"Charlotte Gray" is a beautiful movie, which may sound slightly wrong for a war time spy thriller, but the camera work is brilliant, the soundtrack adds atmosphere and there is not a single performance that feels wrong yet fo...

The Shipping News (2001)

111 mins Drama, Romance

"The Shipping News" is a wonderfully entertaining, strangely charming movie which delivers not only what you expect from a Lasse Hallstr�m movie but also from a cast of fine actors lead by Kevin Spacey. But there is something...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

178 mins Action , Adventure , Fantasy

As a child I was given either a copy of "Lord of the Rings" or "The Hobbit" to read and despite trying a few times I could never get into it, this sort of fantasy quest story has never really been my thing. So when in 2001 Pe...

The Missing (2003)

137 mins Adventure , Thriller, Western

If someone had told me I would enjoy a western directed by Ron Howard I would have had my doubts. Nothing against Ron Howard as over the years he has proven what a talented director he is taking on various genres but the thou...

Veronica Guerin (2003)

98 mins Biography, Crime, Drama

Veronica Guerin was an Irish journalist who following her investigation into the rising Dublin drug industry was gunned down on the 26th June 1996. It is as you may expect her true story which is the basis of the movie "Veron...

The Aviator (2004)

170 mins Biography, Drama

Mention the name Howard Hughes and I would bet most people will say he was an eccentric millionaire who ended up a recluse. And to some degree that is true and is certainly how his life ended, but Martin Scorsese's "The Aviat...

Babel (2006)

143 mins Drama

Director Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu does not make ordinary movies and as such they can be hard work when you are not in the right frame of mind. Take "Babel" here we have a movie which consists of 4 stories, two boys with a ...

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

92 mins Drama, Thriller

Maybe every school has one but Judi Dench's portrayal of Barbara Covett reminded me so much of a teacher when I joined secondary school, a small maths teacher with permed hair who had been there for many years and was feared ...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

114 mins Biography, Drama

Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Cate Blanchett reprises her role of Queen Elizabeth in this sequel which sees her dealing with the Spanish & Sir Walter Raleigh...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

166 mins Drama, Fantasy, Romance

With all the marketing hype and award platitudes dished out on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" it is one of those movies which any fan of the silver screen feels obliged to watch, to see what all the fuss is about. Sadl...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

117 mins Action , Adventure , Mystery, Thriller

19 years is a long-time to have in between sequels but when it was announced that they were going to make a fourth Indiana Jones movie the expectations were high and questions were bounding about, would Harrison Ford still be...

Ponyo (2008)

101 mins Animation, Family, Fantasy

I don't think I have watched a Studio Ghibli animation which I didn't like but some have wowed me more than others. Unfortunately "Ponyo" is not in the group which wowed me as whilst I am sure the storyline works for those wh...

Robin Hood (2010)

140 mins Action , Adventure , Drama

"Robin Hood" is an interesting movie and with director Ridley Scott once again working with Russell Crowe you sort of have certain expectations especially when these two gave us the epic "Gladiator". You expect this latest st...

Hanna (2011)

111 mins Action , Adventure , Thriller

I have never been a fan of movies which introduce us to a child who is a trained killer but I find myself conflicted when it comes to "Hanna" as the need for Hanna to be a killer is a matter of survival, well survival and as ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

169 mins Adventure , Fantasy

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Martin Freeman stars as the younger Bilbo on a quest to reclaim Erebor, the lost Dwarf kingdom...

The Monuments Men (2014)

118 mins Drama, War

The Monuments Men (2014) a group of art experts and museum curators head to war torn Europe to try and recover the artwork stolen by the Nazis before they are destroyed...

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

102 mins Action , Adventure , Animation

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Hiccup and Toothless return and find themselves dealing with some new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Cate Blanchett as one of the principle cast members.