The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 140
Fresh: 59 | Rotten: 81
Though it features some extravagant and entertaining moments, The Other Boleyn Girl feels more like a soap opera than historical drama.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 24
Though it features some extravagant and entertaining moments, The Other Boleyn Girl feels more like a soap opera than historical drama.
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Adapted from author Philippa Gregory's historical novel of the same name, director Justin Chadwick's atmospheric period drama follows the fierce competition between sisters Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) to win the affections of Tudor king Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Anne and Mary Boleyn are under pressure from their father and uncle to help maintain the family's rich legacy and ensure their further prosperity by winning the affections of none other than the king of
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Cast
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Natalie Portman
Anne Boleyn -
Scarlett Johansson
Mary Boleyn -
Eric Bana
Henry Tudor -
Jim Sturgess
George Boleyn -
Mark Rylance
Sir Thomas Boleyn -
Kristin Scott Thomas
Lady Elizabeth Boleyn -
David Morrissey
The Duke of Norfolk -
Benedict Cumberbatch
William Carey -
Oliver Coleman
Henry Percy -
Ana Torrent
Katherine of Aragon -
Eddie Redmayne
William Stafford -
Thom Cox
Rider -
Michael Smiley
Physician -
Montserrat Roig de Puig
Lady in Waiting -
Juno Temple
Jane Parker -
Iain Mitchell
Thomas Cromwell -
Andrew Garfield
Francis Weston -
Mark Lewis Jones
Brandon -
Alfie Allen
King's Messenger -
Joseph Moore
Young Henry -
Tiffany Friesberg
Mary Talbot -
Bill Wallis
Archbishop Cranmer -
Joanna Scanlan
Midwife -
Brodie Judge
Young Catherine -
Oscar Negus
Little Henry -
Maisie Smith
Young Elizabeth -
Daisy Doidge-Hill
Young Anne -
Kizzy Fassett
Young Mary -
Finton Reilly
Young George -
Emma Noakes
Maid -
Poppy Hurst
Little Catherine -
Constance Stride
Mary Tudor
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All Critics (140) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (82) | DVD (4)
Why in the name of ermine boleros would anyone make such a dull, coy and, worst of all, pretty film about Anne Boleyn?
Top CriticI think the performances are really good.
[An] oversimplified, overheated mediocre melodrama.
[A] vulgarized portrayal of the Tudor court.
Overscored and lacking even the faintest realism of period, the movie still bears undeniable trash charms, if nothing near the deep satisfactions of such medieval nonsense as Beckett.
After covering much of its ground at a stylish canter, The Other Boleyn Girl finishes at a plod.
Irresistibly salacious soap opera, teeming with lust, scheming, backstabbing, and some outrageously overheated plot twists.
Columbia has given us a nice 1.85:1 aspect ratio anamorphic widescreen transfer, a 5.1 Dolby digital soundtrack and stacked this DVD with a number of extras
Apart from the close ups of the lead actresses in 16th century garb, this movie is recommended only to soap opera aficionados and lovers of corsets.
Dreary
A run-of-the-mill costume drama that made me think more about running home and Wikipedia-ing the characters than investing in the story before me.
A very entertaining and involving story of family and sacrifice.
The history may have been narratively scrunched, but it's all the true lives of some powerful and unfortunate people. Very lush.
Portman confere peso dramático ŕ Ana Bolena, mas Johansson e Bana parecem seguir no piloto automático. Além disso, as liberdades históricas tomadas pelo roteiro săo absurdas demais para poderem ser ignoradas.
The falling blade is the only element not missing the mark in this film. I wanted to call for the beheading after Act One, and spare the audience instead.
The film gets a full 'This is a work of fiction' disclaimer, even noting that any resemblance to any person living or dead is unintentional. That tells you something about how much trust to put in these historical CliffsNotes.
An all in the dysfunctional family royal romp with incestuous tendencies, this richly textured, dramatically disciplined, erotically laced and emotionally taut creation makes for weirdly kinky historical analysis, but pretty steamy pre-tabloid melodrama.
An all in the dysfunctional family royal romp with incestuous tendencies, this richly textured, dramatically disciplined, erotically laced and emotionally taut creation makes for weirdly kinky historical analysis, but pretty steamy pre-tabloid melodrama.
If only there was some nobility among these royals.
In an earlier era this would have starred Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins and in its way, The Other Boleyn Girl is just as trashy and enjoyable.
If the late Aaron Spelling had lived long enough to produce Showtime's The Tudors, the result might have been something like The Other Boleyn Girl...
With plenty of betrayal, attempted incest and beheadings crammed into this period episode of The Young and the Restless, The Other Boleyn Sister has appeal in an otherwise stiff genre.
There are moments when you can see how terrific this film could have been
Audience Reviews for The Other Boleyn Girl
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- Katherine of Aragon: How dare you. [man shouts Katherine, Queen of England, come to court] You want me to creep away and become a nun? Well I shall not. You want me to lie before God and admit my first marriage was consummated, well it was not. You want me to retire and give up my daughter's claim as sole rightful hier to the throne, well I shall not. Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me to within an inch of my life. I am Katherine, Queen of England. The king's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people and beloved of a king, who you have bewitched.
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- Lady Elizabeth Boleyn: So, the Boleyn whores, two former ladies of mine. What did I do to upset you, that you should turn against me like this?
- Anne Boleyn: You fail giving him an hier.
- Katherine of Aragon: And that upsets you?
- Anne Boleyn: What upsets the king, upsets me.
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Foreign Titles
- Die Schwester der Königin (DE)
- Deux soeurs pour un roi (FR)
