The Other Boleyn Girl
A
potted version of the famous Anne Boleyn story including the part played by
older sister Mary, also a lover of Henry 8th. A fairly basic costume drama with a focus on
the machinations of the court to place certain young ladies in accessible spots
to the king. The film is spoilt by a very bizarre script and the not too
convincing nature of Eric Bana and Natalie Portman in the leading roles. Scarlett
Johansson does a reasonable job of Mary and the smaller parts bring us the
talents of Kristin Scott Thomas and Ana
Torrent. At the end of the day it is an
entertaining flm for the subject matter but not so gripping as cinema art. We have seen this kind of thing before and
better.
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