Review of The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) by Elliott F — 02 Feb 2011
Wildly inaccurate, yet also wildly watchable, Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII won Charles Laughton his only Academy Award, as 1933's Best Actor. Unusually warm-hearted for a biopic about such a notorious figure and rather quirky in tone, the film, as a whole, is something very different from the typical biopic.
Laughton's performance gets better as the film goes along, oddly enough; in the beginning, he veers towards hamminess, but his monarch gradually becomes a more human figure. Solid, fun, if the furthest thing from the truth.
This review of The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) was written by Elliott F on 02 Feb 2011.
The Private Life of Henry VIII has generally received positive reviews.
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