The Other Boleyn Girl

2008 • 115 minutes

About this movie

Based on Philippa Gregory's acclaimed best-selling novel, this brilliant retelling of the story of Anne Boleyn stars Academy Award winner Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson and Eric Bana. Centered around the claustrophobic intrigue that was the court of Henry VIII, this historical drama presents a calculating Anne (Portman), who usurps her older sister Mary (Johannson) as the king's mistress and ultimately desires to be his new queen. A sophisticated and complex study of ambition and deception, The Other Boleyn Girl is a compelling and well-acted film made all the more powerful when one remembers the brutal fate of most of Henry's wives. Also starring Academy Award nominee Kristen Scott Thomas.

Ratings and reviews

Terrible casting - the pneumatic and sultry Johannsen as a simple plain sister and Portman as a seductress. Portman is pretty but fades away next to scarlet and is unbelievable as a woman who could ‘bewitch’ a king. Zero chemistry with bana from either actress. Wooden performances all round. So boring I couldn’t even watch to the end. Hard to make such a historically riveting tale uninteresting - but this movie does it.

It kept me interested to say the least about this movie, not too bad acting by the lead stars, yes I agree not quite acruate.

Good enough movie but the feeling of the time is lost a little. I kept feeling to modern with the style, when I shouldn't