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By Jon L (525) on 01 Feb 2011

At times a gaudy period piece, but a macabrely humorous one at others, it does a good job of giving us a character, not a historical figure…

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By Tony Jr T (4) on 09 Oct 2010

Six wives, and the best of them's the worst…

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By The-Lords A (234) on 22 Jul 2010

The Private Life of Henry VIII was a British film with all English actors. Therefore, I had difficulty understanding some of the dialogue…

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By Victor L (480) on 01 Mar 2010

This wasn't quite what I expected. This was actually much much better…

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By Brandon S (2,121) on 17 Feb 2010

Extremely lavish production of the life and times of King Henry VIII, the production values are the centerpiece for this film which feature…

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By Wesley B (148) on 03 Dec 2009

Love is drunkenness when I'm young. It is wisdom at my age…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 07 Nov 2009

Korda and his humorists make sure the usual biopic solemnity is not part of this royal court…

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By Elizabeth A (165) on 27 Aug 2009

A good film and great re-count on Henry VIII. Truly great and a good watch…

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By Michael M (3,845) on 07 Nov 2008

Private life of henry viii is the academy award winner for best actor for non-american actor, charles laughton, in a non-american movie, helmed…

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By Michael L (2,383) on 27 Oct 2008

Not a compleat life of Henry VIII. Laughton was very good but showed not enough character. Not deservinging of an Academy Award…

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By Mark D (2,239) on 27 Oct 2008

An oddly warm hearted portrait of a bad person. But that quirky tone makes this episodic movie watchable…

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By Scarlett B (57) on 27 Sep 2008

Really good film, funny at parts which makes it a lot more watchable…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 17 Apr 2008

Charles Laughton played Henry VIII to perfection. It's hard to believe that this film is 75 years old…

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By David T (1,513) on 04 Apr 2008

Laughton en estado puro, en una interpretaciÃ³n que a mÃ me convence mÃ¡s que la de Rembrandt, en un biopic casi en plan de comedia…

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By Everett J (371) on 12 Nov 2007

One of the funniest films I've ever seen, brilliant stuff…

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By Amanda H (1,679) on 08 Nov 2007

Caught this by accident on TV today and was surprised. It has a good humourous side to it and is well-acted…

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By Byron B (1,084) on 30 Aug 2007

It's impossible to watch this film in the modern age without imagining that Charles Laughton is Matt Lucas from Little Britain, which is probably…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 29 Aug 2007

Just as good as later biopics, Laughton is magnificent playing the loud and obnoxious as well as the sad and sentimental king…

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By Sanity Assassin ! (607) on 14 Aug 2007

This is really Laughton's show, and he serves as a great centerpiece for this lavish period production…

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By Lynn J (36) on 03 Jun 2007

No surprises then that I'm the first person to review this milestone in British cinema…

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