5 stars for the marvellous acting - beyond that I don't recommend it

Rating: 5/10 (18 February 2019)

The three leading ladies's acting is what makes this movie worth while. I am used to English comedy and I enjoy it. This movie has very few moments of it, they all appear on the trailer. It is too long. Becomes so boring. It could be boring yet be a good lesson in history. I am no expert in Queen Ann's rule nor the historic facts around it. Yet, I do like to learn and felt I learnt nothing to very little from a 2 hour, long, exhausting movie. As a woman I am really sad with this. I wanted this movie to be awesome. You do learn that rulers can be silly (from what I have read after, Queen Ann wasn't the silly child like person it is portraid in the movie) and life in court is not for everyone. I myself ended it thinking I'd rather live in a shack in the woods than having to go through all of that (still not worth watching the movie). In sum, I though that the goal of the movie would be to show the power and intelligence of women in court in a time were very little was thought of them. And in my point of view the movie completely failed in this regard. Very sad.