Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

16th-Century London Punting Down the Thames The play is set in London, mainly at locations along the Thames, like Thomas More's house, the Tower of London, and Cromwell's office. More lives in Chel...

Straightforwardly TraditionalLike Thomas More himself, the narrative technique in this movie is straight-shooting. It's not looping all over the place with flashbacks or people suddenly talking dir...

Costume Drama, Courtroom Drama, Biographical Drama Technically, almost every non-documentary movie involves costumes (since a costume is whatever the character happens to be wearing), which might r...

English Renaissance ManAbout fifteen years before More's death, his friend Robert Whittington paid tribute to him, writing, "More is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning. I know not his fe...

Shattering the Silence When More and Rich have their final showdown in the courtroom, we get to see how both characters have changed (or haven't changed). Rich has become the power-grubbing, conniv...

GA Man for All Seasons is a definite G. (At one point, More uses the word "b****" but he's actually referring to a female dog, so that doesn't really count.) Yeah, it's not really a children's movi...