The Other Boleyn Girl

Pros: Excellent acting, decent writing
Cons: Lacked continuity

I have been waiting to see "The Other Boleyn Girl" but the movie didn't arrive in Odessa until today. I did not read the novel the film is based on (although my wife did) but I like the actors in the film and the historical period interests me. A ...

Pros: Well, it does star Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman
Cons: It was a bit disappointing overall.

Yes, sexual desire and passion can be a powerful thing. Wars have been started over it, and indeed religions have been started for the want of a beautiful woman. Back in the time of King Henry the VIII, the King was married to a lady that he was tired ...

Pros: Authentic sets and costumes, interesting tale of the contrast between Anne and Mary.
Cons: Bana is boring as Henry.

One supposes that, in light of the success of Showtime’s series, The Tudors, it was only a matter of time that a film version of Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl would come to the big screen. And in reality, if you’ve ...

Pros: Some very fine actors, and Kristin Scott Thomas shines, as always.
Cons: Weak story and lousy directing.

Spoilers here for those of you who don't know the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Once again, I have been the victim of letting my wife choose the movie we go to see. Last month, it was the low-on-laughs, light on action ...

Pros: Direction, Script, Look, Costumes, Period, & Cast, notably Portman & Johansson.
Cons: Stylistic Choices and Lack of Suspense.

In the 16th Century, Henry VIII ruled England while he was known more for having six wives during his reign. The most famous wife of them all was his second Anne Boleyn who would later be beheaded in an accusation of adultery in 1536 three years after ...

Pros: Oooh...pretty...
Cons: Yawn.

My thoughts on The Other Boleyn Girl? Great book. Lousy movie. Alas, the critics are right for once and this historical drama is as lifeless and dull as you’ve heard. Plot Information In a change from common history, Anne Boleyn ...

Pros: Excellent Tudor costumes, believable sets, good performances, interesting slant on an old story
Cons: Tudor politics was exciting enough without the shock values Peter Morgan's script suggests

Historically speaking, the British upper class took a different attitude toward extramarital affairs. If a man learned his wife committed adultery, he usually pulled out his shotgun, but if she slept with the king, he pulled out the brandy. The ...

Pros: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Ana Torrent; Great Production value; Portman gets decapitated!
Cons: David Morrissey; Eric Bana is wasted; shamefully ridiculous story elements; Portman gets decapitated!

"I failed you as an elder sister," Anne Boleyn (Natalie Portman) confesses to Mary (Scarlett Johansson) in a rare moment of sisterly intimacy early in the new film THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL. The occasion is Mary's wedding night to a chump (Translation--no ...

Pros: Portman and Johansson; the production design.
Cons: Pacing, story, style, the entire adaptation.

There is something seductive about the idea of two of cinema’s most striking leading ladies being featured in a sensuous, lush historical drama. The idea becomes even more enticing when you place a gentleman with dark, searching eyes between them. And ...

Pros: -Stunning Production -Good Cast
Cons: -Everything Else

Cast/Characters: Natalie Portman – Anne Boleyn Scarlett Johansson – Mary Boleyn Eric Bana – King Henry VIII Jim Sturgess – George Boleyn Mark Rylance – Thomas Boleyn Kristen Scott Thomas – Elizabeth Boleyn Juno Temple ...

Pros: Acting of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Scarlett Johansson, costumes
Cons: Eric Bana's acting, story is a little too romancey

I have read a few things by Philippa Gregory, the author of the novel from which this piece was adapted, and one must remember that she is a romance novelist, a good one that gives us solid plots but a romance novelist none-the-less, and that in itself ...