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Created Jun 27, 2008 11:52PM PST • Edited Jun 27, 2008 11:52PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Very Good 3.5

   Ok, so although I was dragged in to this as an unwilling participant — who could argue with watching Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson for a few hours? They both convincingly played Ann Boleyn and Mary Boleyn through the drama of being consort and wife of Henry the 8th. Eric Bana, an unknown to me, was a strong figure in this movie as well. I’m not the best judge, but I was also quite impressed with how they pulled off all the costumes and mannerisms of this Tudor period in England. Drama, intruige, deception, and scheming to get ahead permeates throughout and it is all quite convincing as the way things happened. But perhaps the best quote of the movie was from Kristin Thomas as the Boleyn matriarch when giving advice to her daughter Anne: “Observe the other women of the court. See how they allow the men to believe they are in charge. That is the art of being a woman.” Yep — that’s exactly how it all went down. But women in Henry’s court always seem to have to take the bad with the good….

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Really Great 4.5

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Really Great 4.5

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Really Great 4.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.4

17. Sex Innocent 1.4

18. Violence Gentle 1.4

19. Rudeness Polite 1.4

21. Reality

    Glib 1.1

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.1

23. Biological Glib 1.1

24. Physical Glib 1.1