Terribly inaccurate and poorly done

Rating: 2/10 (29 June 2008)

I looked at the cast and thought that this movie would be fantastic. I was wrong. Everyone is wooden and fake. I got the idea that Natalie Portman realized how dumb the movie was and was just going through the motions. There were no clever or good lines or scenes, the whole movie felt like a bad soap opera.
As for the accuracy, the names were right... And that's just about all. First, Mary is the older daughter and Anne is the younger. Second, Mary was no virgin when Henry got her; she'd been with the French king and most of his courtiers when he'd finished with her. Third, getting sent to France was no exile; both daughters had been living in France since Mary Tuder went to marry Louis, the old French king when Anne was around ten. Fourth, Thomas Boleyn is too nice, the man was greedy and grasping beyond belief, whoring out both his daughters. Fifth, the French Queen was not heretical, she was staunchly catholic, it was the Duchess of Alencone (sp?) the sister of the king who was heretical. And where were Sir Thomas More and Cardinal Woolesy? These were major players and they just never showed up! The movie is absolutely terrible and this is just a quick peak at how terrible it really was.