i love the book by phillipa gregory . i be so excited when i hear they be make it into a movie and with such wonderful actor . well and i can not even begin to describe how disappointed i be . the movie be absolutely nothing like the book . the whole tone of the story be change . the actor weren not bad . natalie portman actually give a wonderfully commanding performance . but i could not get beyond the comparison of movie vs. book . and the movie be just simply awful . it be extremely boring at time and leave out part of the story like what happen with mary husband . i know from the book that he die of illness and but that be never address in the movie . bottom line represent this movie should not even share the same title a the book . if you read the book you will be disappoint in the movie .