Stick to the still superior show "The Tudors."

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2008)

The acting is pretty good, Natalie Portman stands out as usual. She is a naturally gifted actress and has only gotten better since her debut in "The Professional." My main complaint and although this is a movie it takes way too much liberty as far as the falsehood of the stories. "The Tudors" on Showtime though is guilty of the same, but this just was too far-fetched an actually absurd in places. It just goes to show that time and time again that people love their soap opera stories and find history to be too boring on it's own. I think that is a pity and believe that we don't actually need to have fake stories to make history interesting. If you actually want to learn anything don't bother watching this. I give credit to the actors doing the best they could with this pretty mediocre at best script. Again watch "The Tudors" for a little bit better history & the same excellent production values.