The Other Boleyn Girl [2008] (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 ...  Read the complete review

I have watched The Other Boleyn Girl twice now, once at the cinema and once on DVD and have come to the conclusion that I didn't much like it. I hadn't been able to make up my mind about it after seeing it at the cinema because the grandeur of the Tudor costumes just swept me away on the big screen, but sitting watching my DVD this evening made me realise that it's really not a terribly good film at all. The storyline vaguely follows Philippa Gregorys superb novel of the same name, being the tale of Anne Boleyns rise and fall but with the main emphasis being on her lesser known sister, Mary. Mary Boleyn was a young newly married woman when she caught the eye ...  Read the complete review

A tale of love, amibition and betrayal ~~~ Synopsis ~~~ It is the Tudor times and Henry VIII is ruling England, currently married to Catherine of Aragon, she cannot bear him a male heir to his kingdom. Enter the Boleyn family with their two girls, Mary and Anne. The Duke of Norfolk, a conniving uncle manipulates Anne into becoming the King's mistress. However, Henry is more enamoured by Anne's sister Mary, entering into a secret affair and ultimately producing a son out of wedlock. Feeling betrayed Anne mounts a campaign to become the Queen and make Henry her King vowing to produce the male heir he does not have. Will Anne succeed in ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review