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The Other Boleyn Girl

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
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Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
IMDb RATING
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    • Justin Chadwick
    • Peter Morgan(screenplay)
    • Philippa Gregory(novel)
  • Stars
    • Natalie Portman
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Eric Bana
    • Justin Chadwick
    • Peter Morgan(screenplay)
    • Philippa Gregory(novel)
  • Stars
    • Natalie Portman
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Eric Bana
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    • 50Metascore
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    Natalie Portman
    Natalie Portman
    • Anne Boleyn
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Mary Boleyn
    Eric Bana
    Eric Bana
    • Henry Tudor
    Jim Sturgess
    Jim Sturgess
    • George Boleyn
    Mark Rylance
    Mark Rylance
    • Sir Thomas Boleyn
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
    David Morrissey
    David Morrissey
    • The Duke of Norfolk
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • William Carey
    Oliver Coleman
    • Henry Percy
    Ana Torrent
    Ana Torrent
    • Katherine of Aragon
    Eddie Redmayne
    Eddie Redmayne
    • William Stafford
    Tom Cox
    • Rider
    Michael Smiley
    Michael Smiley
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    Montserrat Roig de Puig
    Montserrat Roig de Puig
    • Lady in Waiting
    Juno Temple
    Juno Temple
    • Jane Parker
    Iain Mitchell
    Iain Mitchell
    • Thomas Cromwell
    Andrew Garfield
    Andrew Garfield
    • Francis Weston
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    Mark Lewis Jones
    Mark Lewis Jones
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      • Justin Chadwick
      • Peter Morgan(screenplay)
      • Philippa Gregory(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Mark Rylance (Sir Thomas Boleyn) was reportedly dissatisfied during shooting due to historical inaccuracy.
    • Goofs
      The film implies that Mary raised her niece Elizabeth. As royalty, Elizabeth had her own household. Margaret Bryon cared for her until she was four, then Kat Ashley took over her upbringing and education.
    • Quotes

      King Henry VIII: [Before the hunt] With no man to hold onto how do you plan to stay on your horse?

      Anne Boleyn: [She gets on her own horse] As you do Your Grace, with my thighs.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Vantage Point/Diary of the Dead/Charlie Bartlett/Be Kind Rewind/Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
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    5/10
    Mary is forever doomed to be "The Other Boelyn Girl"
    All and all, not a particularly enjoyable film.

    This movie sacrifices all that was interesting about the novel in the first place just to squeeze in all the historical aspects. All of the page turning scenes in the book that would have been interesting to see translated to screen (Anne's bloodstained dress, the deformed child, the courtship between Mary and William) were cut.

    Fortuanatly, I expected that. With such a long book, I had to expect most of my favourite scenes were going to get the axe.

    What I didn't expect was for the narration to change from that of Mary (aka. "The Other Boelyn Girl" for which the book was named) to yet another story about Anne Boelyn. The film started off well, if rather slow, with the story being told from Mary, but it quickly changes gears as the audience is suddenly following Anne's courtship of Henry and Anne's trials, emotions and desperation. Mary is quickly delegated to little more then a secondary role, with many key moments happening while she isn't on screen.

    The story of Anne was told well, she was portrayed brilliantly by Portman, and had several fun and emotional moments. But that's just the problem, I've seen that all before. There have been dozens of films, series, and books written from Anne's point of view. If I wanted to see a story about Anne, I would have watched Anne of the Thousand Days or maybe "The Tudors" HBO series. What made this story special was it told the story behind Anne and Henry (and it was mostly fictional which added to the drama).

    Unfortunately the movie ignored this, and thus failed to create the same reaction I had towards the book.

    Another problem is that of characterisation, I expected that the movie would make the two sisters friends as it creates more drama towards the end as opposed to them being not particularly close like in the book. Same with the enormous changes they made in the personalities of the parents (and honestly, almost every character)I expected it. Many of the characters in the movie were actually more two-dimensional then the callous characters from the book. It wasn't as though this movie was badly acted or written...it was just bad.

    The person I was most disappointed about was George (one of my favourites in the book) who was given a woefully small role, although the actor who portrayed him did it brilliantly. Also, The character of William Stafford seemed to be added in as an afterthought which confused the audience who hadn't read the book (the two main questions I heard were "Is that the guy she married in the beginning" or "What happened to the guy she married in the beginning") and left those of us who had read the book wondering why he was portrayed as such a pansy?

    And the editing, where to begin. Horrible, the particularly poignant scenes (few and far between as they were) were not given enough time to sink in before the audience was whisked off to another scene. Even having read the source material I was lost, so I can only imagine how it must have been from those new to the story.

    The only bright side of this tedious film were the beautiful costumes, but even the bright colours and swirly dresses couldn't distract anyone with more then a 10 second attention span and despite them the movie soon became unbearably boring.

    All in all, this movie probably shouldn't have been made in the first place. It was apparent there was too much story to tell in two hours, it had mini-series written all over it. But seeing as it had to be made for the film industry to cash in the the books success, it could have been done a lot better.
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    • Why did Mary go to Rochford with Stafford?
    • Was George Boleyn a homosexual?
    • Did Anne really try to sleep with her brother?

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    • Release date
      • February 29, 2008 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
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      • Ely Cathedral, Chapter House, The College, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Focus Features
      • BBC Films
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
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