Puts the 'bana' into banal.

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2008)

This is the second effort at bringing this titillating but only averagely interesting book to the screen as we begin to surfeit on Tudor history.
There have been, therefore, several recent Henry VIII's. Jonathan Rhys Meyer's portrayal in The Tudors is the most inaccurate but Bana's is the worst. In fact, however far back you go, it's still the worst. The thinly disguised Melbourne twang doesn't help, however it does help to excuse Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johanssen who both needed more time with the dialogue coach. And an acting coach would have found plenty to keep him occupied on this set.
Natasha McElhone and Jodhi May played the sisters in the mini-series and were both significant improvements on the two female leads here.
But ultimately, whatever crew you picked would be unlikely to make much of this not very interesting angle on an extremely interesting period of history.