Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Guillelmina
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
mjsreg
What a wonderful concept for a movie - Boudica, Warrior queen of the Iceni tribe.Unfortunately, this interpretation is horrible, and does no justice to such a major event in British history.The script is the first target. Whoever wrote it must have been watching too much 'Zena - Warrior Princess' and 'Highlander'. Numerous overly dramatic taglines and speeches with a very odd take on historical fact.Next is the acting - too much of it! All of the characters seem to be portrayed as some kind of poor man's Shakespearian overly intense hyper maniacs.Alex Kingston is the wrong choice for the character of Boudica. Although she may be a decent actress, this role/script/production is not for her. So, overall this is not a film I would ever want to watch again.
sexy_pisces_gal
Alex Kingston stars in the gritty dram about the formidable Iceni queen Boudica.No longer being able to bear the pain of seeing the woman he loves with another man Dervalloc sets off across the waters away from his passionate Queen, convinced she is content with her King and two children But Boudica has a lot to be unhappy about. As wife to King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe, she sees her fierce husband shamed before Rome's greedy onslaught. Prasutagus accepts a treaty that preserves his tribe's independence but at the cost of high taxes. When he dies mysteriously, Boudica becomes the Iceni leader but allegiance to her is not all one sided. Depraved Roman captain Catus shows the spirited queen a copy of her husbands will which leave half of his kingdom to the roman empire.Convinced the will is a forgery Boudica battles to bring her people away from the slavery that is Rome and attempts to conquer the very powerful roman empire with tragic consequences.
pmicocci
I agree with the previous comments concerning this production, and I would like to add that it demonstrates a complete innocence of knowledge of Roman history as well. It's amazing that, being such puling, punkish little perverts, as they are depicted almost without exception, the Romans managed to more or less hold an empire together for another four centuries (despite the sententious pronouncement that "here the Roman Empire stands or crumbles"). The only Romans that appear to have more than a few decades on them are Claudius and Seutonius. Nero looks like he's suffering from a combination of tuberculosis and malaria; and he seems to have been conflated with Caligula, showing a penchant for strutting around in armor more appropriate in the son of a famous general who grew up in army camps in Gaul than in the haughty, patrician artist the historic Nero appears to have fancied himself to be. I guess all those emperors look the same from a distance of a couple of millennia. Also, there appears to have been a distinct lack of sunlight (not to mention personal hygiene) in the first century AD. All in all, I suppose it's slightly more authentic than an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
M. Blount
Any film that attempts to educate should be commended. But this film is strange, because the first half is first class, but the second half seems rushed; and should have been twenty minutes longer. Perhaps a "Director's Cut" will restore footage from the cutting room floor; and we can see the film in it's entirety.One can hope!