Why in the name of ermine boleros would anyone make such a dull, coy and, worst of all, pretty film about Anne Boleyn?
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03/07/08
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
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Reviews Counted:135
Fresh:56
Rotten:79
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Though it features some extravagant and entertaining moments, The Other Boleyn Girl feels more like a soap opera than historical drama.
Theatrical Release:07-03-2008
Synopsis: Based on the best selling novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is an engrossing and sensual tale of intrigue, romance, and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in... [More]
Reviews for The Other Boleyn Girl
Top CriticWith only one member of its love triangle really delivering, this packs less of an emotional punch than it ought. And who'd be a courtier, eh?
03/07/08
Top CriticWorthy of thine attention? Corset is.
03/07/08
Ultimately we are meant to eat chocolates, admire their trembling lower lips, and choose sides.
03/07/08
Top CriticRavishing frocks and heaving bosoms are the main constituents of The Other Boleyn Girl, an entertaining bodice ripper lightly disguised as historical fiction.
03/07/08
Top CriticIt is absurd yet enjoyable, and playing fast and loose with English history is a refreshing alternative to slow and tight solemnity; the effect is genial, even mildly subversive.
03/07/08
Top CriticThere are moments when you can see how terrific this film could have been
03/21/08
A rather titillating take on a racy historical novel, this is perhaps too ambitious in intent. More time, or more pruning (perhaps they should just have focused on The Boleyn girl), would have produced a richer and more enjoyable film.
03/07/08
Top CriticAll the lush sets and elaborate costumes cannot disguise the fact that Portman is terribly cast.
03/03/08
If the late Aaron Spelling had lived long enough to produce Showtime's The Tudors, the result might have been something like The Other Boleyn Girl...
05/01/08
Hey, wait a minute, is the movie supposed to be this funny?
03/17/08
The film's seduction is all too obvious to ravish anyone.
02/29/08
Portman, Johansson and Bana may be hot, but they can’t light a match next to the emotional fireworks of Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave and Robert Shaw.
02/27/08
A very entertaining and involving story of family and sacrifice.
07/22/08
The Other Boleyn Girl turns British history into a chick flick soaper with high production values and A-list actors.
03/01/08
superficial and staged
02/28/08
It probably shouldn't be the way in which high-school kids learn about Henry VIII and his court, but it's a fun movie.
02/28/08
The umpteenth film incarnation of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, The Other Boleyn Girl races through the events at the Tudor court like a triple-time miniseries.
02/28/08
There are enough of these films now that you can stitch them all together and come away with a complete (if completely inaccurate) history of jolly old England.
02/29/08
There will always be adults who want to catch up on the history lessons they slept or passed notes through during their younger years.
02/29/08
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August 23, 2008:
Iconoclast.com: An all in the dysfunctional family royal romp with incestuous tendencies, this richly textured, dramatically disciplined, erotically laced and emotionally taut creation makes for weirdly kinky historical analysis. 
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June 18, 2008:
An all in the dysfunctional family royal romp with incestuous tendencies, this richly textured, dramatically disciplined, erotically laced and emotionally taut creation makes for weirdly kinky historical analysis, but pretty steamy pre-tabloid melodrama.
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June 09, 2008:
RT on DVD: Bosomy Boleyn Girls, Jumper, John Adams
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June 05, 2008:
Another Boleyn Girl On the Way?
Despite lukewarm reviews and middling box-office receipts, rumor has it that work has begun on a sequel to The Other Boleyn Girl. More...
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