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Mood:
- SexualStylizedCaptivating
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Plot:
- Ego ClashLove TriangleSiblings RelationsRoyal FamilyAmbitionDishonestyLove and RomanceRivalry more...
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriodRomance
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Time/Period:
- 16th Century
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- EnglandEuropeRoyal CourtPalaces Castles and Temples
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- Based on Book
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Other Boleyn Girl, 2008
English
UK, USA
Profile of The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl can be described as sexual, stylized, and captivating. The plot revolves around an ego clash, a royal family, and a love triangle. The main genres are drama, period, and historical. In approach, The Other Boleyn Girl is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, at a royal court and in a palace, castle, or temple. The Other Boleyn Girl is located in England. It takes place in the 16th century. It is based on a book. Note that The Other Boleyn Girl involves sexual content and violent content.
Summary of The Other Boleyn Girl
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson star as Anne and Mary Boleyn in this adaptation of the bestselling novel by Philippa Gregory. While their story is perhaps one of history's most well known, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL has fun with the facts, creating a lusty, dramatic tale of deception and betrayal. The film begins with the girls' power-hungry uncle (David Morrissey), discovering that King Henry VIII's (Eric Bana) marriage to Catherine of Aragon (Ana Torrent) is falling apart. Their uncle suggests to their father (Mark Rylance) that he tempt the King into taking Anne (Portman) as his mistress, thus putting the family in the King's favor. But the King has no time for the strong-willed Anne, and instead turns his attentions to her already married, soft-spoken sister Mary. With her eye on the Queen's crown, Anne renews her attempts to seduce the king, driving a wedge between her and her sister.
Bana is a brooding, sexy Henry, and Portman and Johansson both give strong performances as the beautiful and bewitching sisters. While some might quibble over the historical inaccuracies of the film (of which there are quite a few), most will let themselves get lost in the sea of beautiful bodices, and the anticipation of when those bodices might be ripped...
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 29 February 2008 |
| Runtime: | 115 min |
Cast and Crew
as Anne Boleyn
as Mary Boleyn
as Henry Tudor
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