The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

PG-1302/28/2008Drama, Romance, History1h 55m
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Two sisters divided for the love of a king.

Overview

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

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    Natalie Portman

    Anne Boleyn

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    Scarlett Johansson

    Mary Boleyn

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    Eric Bana

    Henry Tudor

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    Jim Sturgess

    George Boleyn

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    Mark Rylance

    Sir Thomas Boleyn

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    Kristin Scott Thomas

    Lady Elizabeth Boleyn

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    David Morrissey

    Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk

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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    William Carey

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    Oliver Coleman

    Henry Percy

Except, it isn't really much about the "other" Boleyn girl at all, is it? Eric Bana never could hold a film together, and his effort as the amorous but volatile King Henry VIII proves he can't here either. Scarlett Johansson (Anne) and Natalie Portman (Mary) play the Boleyn girls well enough with decent, if brief, contributions from Kristin Scott-Thomas and Mark Rylance as their parents and from Jim Sturgess as their sexually ambiguous brother George. It looks sumptuous enough with plenty of attention to detail both indoors and out, but is over-written and it has all the sexual chemistry of a ...