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The Tudors (TV Series)

The Tudors

2007

Michael Hirst (Creator), Ciaran Donnelly ...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Natalie Dormer ...

7.2

9,119

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2007-2010). 4 Seasons. 38 Episodes. 16th Century. King Henry VIII, the young and ambitious monarch of England, prepares for war with France but is dissuaded by the diplomatic manipulation of his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, who proposes that the King sponsor a "Treaty of Universal Peace." The harmony of the King's domestic affairs is threatened, however, when he discovers that Elizabeth Blount, the young and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"It all makes for reasonably persuasive soap opera, but after 'Rome', the bar has been raised a bit higher."	POS
United States	Barry Garron The Hollywood Reporter	"The series, a feast for the eyes, boasts stellar performances and a historically authentic aura but only occasional flashes of the kind of action and suspense you might expect from such a period piece."	NEU
United States	Tim Goodman SFGATE	"A wonderful romp (...) It's also hugely entertaining, thanks in large part to Jonathan Rhys Meyers"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"[It] does not inspire great passions (...) There’s little electricity between Henry and Anne (...) As a glorified romance novel, it’s perfectly fine, but don’t expect Shakespeare"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"'The Tudors' is not the great series that it might have been, but it’s certainly a watchable and diverting one"	POS
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"[It] works the edges without building up the middle -- it’s an empty sandwich (...) It never offers anything like a complete character or carries through an idea"	NEU
United States	Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"Rhys Meyers is miscast (...) The script is thin, too, rarely penetrating the surface of its many 16th-century emotional, religious, marital, and political situations"	NEG

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