So-so... book was much better

Rating: 5/10 (14 March 2008)

Basically, if you have read the book, it will be hard to enjoy this. I wasn't expecting too much out of a 2 hour movie based on an incredible can't-put-it-down 700+ page novel (which spanned several years). The movie jumped across time many times, and it didn't even really seem like anyone had changed. Unless you had read the book, I don't think you really could have gotten the full picture. One thing that bothered me was the fact that they never mentioned anything about Mary's first husband (Carey) dying. This could have been done without the whole falling back in love storyline. They simply showed her marrying him, leaving to be Henry's mistress, and marrying Stafford. How could she marry Stafford without Carey dying or a divorce? For what it was, the acting was pretty good. Portman's angst at the end was very well acted. The few times Catherine (Torrent) was a part of a scene, she was incredible. Good job casting the uncle.. the father.. well that wasn't what I was picturing when I read the book.
If you have not read the book, and saw the movie, and enjoyed it, I greatly urge you to read the book... you will get so much more out of it. There were many mini-story lines omitted from the movie for the sake of time constraints.