Wolf Hall

Though I hear it's not as historically accurate as it'd seem to viewers not well versed in this period (like me), it's still a fascinating show. Thanks to the incredible costumes, set design and lighting it has an air of authenticity that is not often seen on television. And while the whole cast is great, you really can't praise Rylance enough. Understated and graceful, I could watch him for days. I really wish to see how this story continues, hope they make more.

Beautifully made. Rylance is fantastic.

It's so incredibly underplayed that it demands the viewer to have a deep understanding on the politics that went on during Thomas Cromwell's time to really appreciate it. For this format takes too long to develop a overview of the royal situation and it still doesn't bubble up the excitement I had hoped for. But in it's way it grows in a slow pace with the cold Mark Rylance as the undeniable presence.

Wolf Hall treats power as a filing system, not a spectacle. Mark Rylance's Cromwell, a blacksmith's son among aristocrats, is the organic intellectual of a rising order, building consent through ledgers, letters and oaths while a volatile king supplies the appetite. The Reformation unfolds as revolution from above, plotted in candlelit rooms. It's brilliant, though it seduces us into admiring the competent technocrat while history's ordinary people stay in the dark. - Full Review

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* first season

S1. The interplay of these great actors (Claire Foy! Rylance! Pryce! And many many more) and historical accuracy make for an intriguing watch. The setting is convincing, albeit a little lacking in exterior scenes (probably budget constraints). And.. Damian Lewis as bearded king - what’s not to like about that.

Not a fan of Mark Rylance as an actor. He plays every character stone-faced and expressionless. Isn't that the opposite of what actors are taught to do? Where is the blood, the fire, the passion??

A brilliant rendering of Hilary Mantel's brilliant novels. Mark f-ing Rylance man. He is in pretty much every scene and absolutely smashes it.

An excellent adaptation of an excellent historical novel. It's a psychological drama about one man's rise virtually from the gutter to the stars. EJ = 45, IF = 45