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The film is based on one of the most famous tragic and love affairs in the past. It is about the love story between King Henry VIII of England and his second wife Anne Boleyn who is unable to produce a male heir which leads to a disastrous consequence.
Anne of the Thousand Days is a stunning-acted, sumptuous, grand-scale widescreen drama of the royal bed chamber and political intrigues that created the Church of England.
Bujold gives a sweet and creditable performance, though, and Burton adds some humanity to a character often portrayed simply as a monster. Yet they cannot salvage this sprawling mess.
One of those almost unbearably classy movies, like A Man for All Seasons and Becket, that have a way of elevating the reputations of moviemakers without doing much for the art.
May 09, 2005
Chicago Reader
It's about what you'd expect -- slow, dry, fleetingly intelligent.
The performances (by Burton and Bujold in the leads) are decent but the film is dull, overly long, and overwrought--the kind of Royalty picture that impresses Oscar voters.