I expect three things from a film:

1. Make me care
2. Make me think
3. Make me laugh

If I was to give a point for achieving each of these, the Other Boylen Girl would get a big fat zero. Now, I love costume dramas and I love historical inaccuracies, but this was truly horrible.

Admittedly, we did laugh at the film, though not with it. Matching sofa pattern dresses were funny and there were plenty of opportunity to exercise one’s wit. For example, when Anne Boylen was walking to the block we pointed out that, in real life she got her head chopped off, but this is based on a novel…

She still got her head chopped off. So much rubbish, so little imagination.

In any case, the weekend in Montreal went well, we checked out this fun little hot chocolate place and went to the Quebec Library and Archives which is really nice. Trev had a great time with his grandma meanwhile.