The Other Boleyn Girl
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Director(s)
Justin Chadwick
Samar Pollitt
Paul Bennett
Olivia Lloyd
Bryn Lawrence
Deborah Saban
Alex Oakley
Jayne Spooner
Cast & crew
Natalie Portman
Anne Boleyn
Michael Smiley
Physician
Benedict Cumberbatch
William Carey
David Morrissey
Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
Joanna Scanlan
Midwife
Alfie Allen
King's Messenger
Scarlett Johansson
Mary Boleyn
Olivia Lloyd
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Iain Mitchell
Thomas Cromwell
Alex Oakley
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Ana Torrent
Katherine of Aragon
Mark Rylance
Sir Thomas Boleyn
Samar Pollitt
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Eric Bana
Henry Tudor
Juno Temple
Jane Parker
Jim Sturgess
George Boleyn
Oliver Coleman
Henry Percy
Daisy Doidge-Hill
Young Anne
Paul Bennett
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Kristin Scott Thomas
Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
Andrew Garfield
Francis Weston
Eddie Redmayne
William Stafford
Mark Lewis Jones
Brandon
Montserrat Roig de Puig
Lady in Waiting
Corinne Galloway
Jane Seymour
Tom Cox
Rider
Emma Noakes
Maid
Maisie Smith
Young Elizabeth
Tiffany Freisberg
Mary Talbot
Bill Wallis
Archbishop Cranmer
Joseph Moore
Young Henry
Constance Stride
Mary Tudor
Brodie Judge
Young Catherine
Finton Reilly
Young George
Justin Chadwick
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Bryn Lawrence
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Deborah Saban
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Jayne Spooner
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Except, it isn't really much about the "other" Boleyn girl at all, is it? Eric Bana never could hold a film together, and his effort as the amorous but volatile King Henry VIII proves he can't here either. Scarlett Johansson (Anne) and Natalie Portman (Mary) play the Boleyn girls well enough with decent, if brief, contributions from Kristin Scott-Thomas and Mark Rylance as their parents and from Jim Sturgess as their sexually ambiguous brother George. It looks sumptuous enough with plenty of attention to detail both indoors and out, but is over-written and it has all the sexual chemistry of a children's tea party. Sadly, it's a disappointingly weak adaptation of an intriguing story of betrayal, treachery and lust that really deserves better. Perhaps a film mainly for fans of a good costume drama that's big on costumes but less so on drama...
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