what good representthe set and costume design . what bad representquite frankly and almost everything else . this be a catalogue of historical error . in fact and almost everything be incorrect . some people will no doubt bleat that it a film and it doesn not matter . this be our history and lady and gentleman . if you want to tell a story and then make it all up and but do not mess with historical fact . tim roth portrayal of cromwell be laughably inaccurate . cromwell be nothing like this . and he be also a general and and a very good one at that and something the filmmaker seem to have conveniently forget . the performance be mediocre at best . even the usually reliable roth turn in a thoroughly average performance . rupert everett ( a charles i ) be the best and but even he hardly shin . the script be slow and dull and poorly write . conclusion representwhen will filmmakers realise that real history be invariably more interesting than their warped version of it . this be one of the bad historical drama i have see in a long time . i be glad to get out . take my advice and do not even go in .