A serious re-telling of the famous story. Russell Crowe is excellent (as always) and the historical setting is both credible and impressive. But the film suffers from ridiculous anti-French prejudice, which is completely anachronistic considering the actual historical facts. In the film, England is invaded by the French and the Englishmen unite to repel a foreign invasion. But in reality, half of France (the western half) and all of England were then part of the same country, already ruled by the same French-speaking king and the same French-speaking nobility. Even the English peasants didn't speak any English, but a Saxon language similar to modern German. So all those fights between King John, the British nobility and the King of France were basically internal, civil-war rivalries among the same French-speaking compatriots. There is also another historical inaccuracy: Isabelle d'Angoulême (played by 24-year-old Léa Seydoux, last photo) was only 12-years-old when she was kidnapped and married by King John.
