The Other Boleyn Girl (DVD)

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Certificate: 12A (UK) / 15A (Ireland) / PG-13 (USA) Running time: 115 minutes Director: Justin Chadwick Writer: Peter Morgan Main Cast: Nathalie Portman - Anne Boleyn Scarlett Johansson - Mary Boleyn Eric Bana - King Henry VIII Ana Torrent - Queen Catherine Jim Sturgess - George Boleyn Mark Rylance - Sir Thomas Boleyn Kristin Scott Thomas - Lady Elizabeth Boleyn David Morrissey - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk How in the name of Cardinal Wolsey do you make a film about Anne Boleyn that manages to be dull? How, for that matter, do ...

The Other Boleyn girl was one of those films that I desperately wanted to enjoy but knew that I would not. The Hollywood adaptation of Philippa Gregory's Novel of the same name, which i have not read, based upon the lesser known mistress of Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn, sister of the formidable Anne Boleyn; and this film explores the known theory that she bore him a child. The film shows the moment when Henry VIII, played by Eric Bana, first met the Boleyn Girls and was instantly captivated by Anne and Mary. The Boleyn family who are desperate to be accepted and rise through the ranks of nobility begin to, as Elizabeth Boleyn (the mother) says, "trade their ...

After absolutely loving every single page of book entitled The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory I couldn't wait to see the film. I managed to persuade my friend who isn't greatly into historical films, to come and see it with me the weekend just gone... I was on the verge of going to see it alone if she'd have refused! The Plot The story is based during the reign of Henry VIII which lasted from 1509 to 1547, in line with the novel we are led to believe that the film begins in the early 1520s. The plot centres around Mary Boleyn and her elder sister Anne Boleyn, both members of the Howard family who at the time were scrounging for a place in ...