Terribly Disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2008)

The costumes were wonderful, but that is the best I can say for this terribly inaccurate, jammed-together farce that can't decide if it's a soap-opera or a documentary. A short 1 1/2 hour movie does not do justice to the complexity of all these characters and the times in which they lived. We're talking about a story that spans at least 14 years (don't forget that Catherine Carey, Mary's daughter to Henry, was Anne Boleyn's lady-in-waiting while she was in the Tower).
Yes, I read all 3 of Philippa Gregory's books on Henry and his wives, and I can't believe she would have signed-off on this useless piece of celluloid. Highly disappointing.