A 21st century drama in mediæval clothes

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2019)

As a thing-in-itself, it is an enjoyable film.
I with they'd cut it adrift from any historical or Shakespearean hints.
If only they'd set it as a time travel epic, with the King travelling back in time to force 2019 BBC sensibilities and language onto the mediæval idiots who'd got it all wrong.
To begin with, I tried looking up dialogue that sounded vaguely familiar, thinking I'd probably misremembered it, but I gave up after a while.
I should have realised, with the first 'meet with' that it was 100% opposed to anything historical.
I wouldn't want to put anybody off watching it, it is a brilliantly acted costume drama, with the plot and dialogue set in modern times.