I usually expect revisionist history (or historical fiction) that purports to show the women’s side of things to have a rough time of it, for the simple fact that quite often the women had a rough time of it. A story of the Boleyn sisters isn’t going to end well—we all know what happened to Anne Boleyn.
But still, I would assume that the film would attempt to take some sort of a feminist tack, right?
I’d be wrong in this case. (Spoilers below) » Read the rest of this entry «