Saw it on Tuesday. I thought Portman's performance was fine, but I felt that it was yet another "gay agenda" movie. The film makes great strides to talk about the various persecutions that people in England suffered as a a result of the rise of the High Chancellor, but every example of persecution turns out to be either anti-gay or anti-dissident, with the scales tipped heavily in favour of the former. I would have preferred a more balanced approach, perhaps along the lines of seeing how other minorities were persecuted, because the cast seemed curiously "whitewashed."
I haven't read the graphic novel so I don't know how accurate a portrayal of the source it was. Can anyone fill me in?