Michael Hoffman's Oscar-winning "Restoration" looks at a new period in England's history as seen through the eyes of a physician (Robert Downey Jr) hired by King Charles II (Sam Neill). In seventh grade, I learned that Charles II - whose father Oliver Cromwell executed after the end of England's civil war - wasn't an effective leader. The movie depicts him as a party animal (was there ever a monarch who wasn't a party animal?).
This movie won't be for everyone (it IS a period piece, after all), but I enjoyed it. Since it stars Downey and Neill, plus David Thewlis, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant and Ian McDiarmid, I'll say that it stars Iron Man, Alan Grant, Remus Lupin, Gandalf, playboy and Emperor Palpatine (I don't identify co-star Meg Ryan with any particular role).
This movie won't be for everyone (it IS a period piece, after all), but I enjoyed it. Since it stars Downey and Neill, plus David Thewlis, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant and Ian McDiarmid, I'll say that it stars Iron Man, Alan Grant, Remus Lupin, Gandalf, playboy and Emperor Palpatine (I don't identify co-star Meg Ryan with any particular role).