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| The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) | 
 enlarge | Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 700
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
UPC: 043396262348
EAN: 0043396262348
ASIN: B0016KCCDQ
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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 Don't rely on this movie to write a book report! September 10, 2008
I was extremely disappointed with this movie. Not only was is boring but it did not include many important parts of Mary Boleyn. This movie mainly focused on Anne Boleyn and did not capture the spirit of the book. This movie also left many who did not read the book hanging at the end of the dvd. The only thing good about this movie was the elizabethan costumes!
 An intoxicating historical romance August 15, 2008
I had read the book, and now I had just seen the film with my mother and I thought BOTH book and film are very,very good. I did get confuse of the genre though; I mean is it an historical romance? or an historical drama? But I know the film is an historical romance because about the two sisters, Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne (Natalie Portman) Boleyn pitting against each other. After King Henry (Troy's Eric Bana) VIII of England tires of the queen, Katherine of Aragon (Kristin Scott Thomas), he initially takes Mary as his mistress who bears him a bastard son. But Anne manipulates herself into the bedroom of the King forcing him finally to marry her on the promise that she will bear him a male heir to the throne. Mary is thus reduced to The Other Boleyn Girl.
You know throughout the film I couldn't believe that Mary & Anne were very close to each other; but after attending his majesty's wounds after an hunting accident; And at the palace he play "that's-not-belly-button-that's-not-my-finger" with her AND beared him a bastard son, AND she also "squeal" on her of her secret marriage to Henry Precy Anne now hates her now and become a rival of Henry's affection; Of course Mary was there for Anne as a Queen 'til the end of all that happen during her regin and...well let's not go there, you will to see the film for yourself,for those who love a historical romance like myself.
An intoxicating historical romance August 15, 2008
I had read the book, and now I had just seen the film with my mother and I thought BOTH book and film are very,very good. I did get confuse of the genre though; I mean is it an historical romance? or an historical drama? But I know the film is an historical romance because about the two sisters, Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne (Natalie Portman) Boleyn pitting against each other. After King Henry (Troy's Eric Bana) VIII of England tires of the queen, Katherine of Aragon (Kristin Scott Thomas), he initially takes Mary as his mistress who bears him a bastard son. But Anne manipulates herself into the bedroom of the King forcing him finally to marry her on the promise that she will bear him a male heir to the throne. Mary is thus reduced to The Other Boleyn Girl.
You know throughout the film I couldn't believe that Mary & Anne were very close to each other; but after attending his majesty's wounds after an hunting accident; And at the palace he play "that's-not-belly-button-that's-not-my-finger" with her AND beared him a bastard son, AND she also "squeal" on her of her secret marriage to Henry Precy Anne now hates her now and become a rival of Henry's affection; Of course Mary was there for Anne as a Queen 'til the end of all that happen during her regin and...well let's not go there, you will to see the film for yourself,for those who love a historical romance like myself.
Don't buy the DVD, just read the book!! July 20, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If this period in history at all interests you, buy one of the DVDs about Elizabeth I ("The Virgin Queen" is excellent), but don't bother with this piece of trash. I loved the book, but hate, hate, hate the movie. Possibly because I really don't like Natalie Portman (what a terrible choice for Anne Boleyn), but also because it doesn't deliver all the promise that was the book. Read it, and broaden your mind. Watch this, and let brain cells DIE.
The Other Boleyn Girl
 This version doesn't quite tell the whole story! June 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie, while providing some interesting glimpses into the lurid life in the Tudor Court of the 16th century, fell a bit short of Philippa Gregory's original story. The BBC casting crew responsible for the screen production did a respectable job on creating a film that captured the political conniving that went on between the evil Norfolk and the grasping Thomas Boleyn to push their nieces and children into the arms of lusty King Henry. While adequate attention was given to describing the various relationships between the children and their parents in the Boleyn efforts to become upwardly mobile, not enough time was given to developing how they were to eventually unable to fit into the whole court scene in London. History tends to see these kind of Johnny-come-lately climbers as opportunists at best. There were lots of important sideshows going on in the margins of the main plot that were just hinted at and no more. What about Anne's penchant for Percey and Wyatt? How did the royal court of France actually change Anne? What was Cromwell's role in this whole piece? Where did Jane Parker (married to George Boleyn) fit into this unfolding scandal of scandals? While I had no problem catching the overall drift of the movie - because I've read Tudor history - there were too many gaps in the movie as a result of the quick transitions between scenes. One moment, Anne has gone to France to cool her heels and the next moment she's back in court ready to replace her sister as the king's next strumpet, but this time on her terms, not his. I thought the screenwriters took a lot of licence in constructing a bedchamber scene near the end where Anne begs her brother to help conceive a child in order to impress the king that she is pregnant. Unfortunately, the artful Jane Parker, lady-in-waiting to Anne and wife to George, spies them about to enter into the incestuous arrangement and reports it to Cromwell. All this is convenient conjecture which might have played out better if the viewers were allowed to see how truly detestable Anne had become as queen of the realm. Other than those omissions, this movie proved to be very instructive on how lethal the quest for power can be, especially when the rules of engagement are based on whim and fancy. Scarlett Johannsen, playing the role of Anne's younger sister, Mary, comes off very well as the quieter and kindlier of the two women. Maybe that was her secret to surviving the the ups and downs of life at the top.
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