Anne of the Thousand Days 1969

Vincent Canby, New York Times: 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. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It's about what you'd expect -- slow, dry, fleetingly intelligent. Read more

TIME Magazine: It is a story fit for the second Elizabeth, though it has perhaps one minor fault: the first two hours. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Interminable plod through the story of Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: 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. Read more