The Other Boleyn Girl
I’m sorry, Natalie Portman. I love you but…
I think I would’ve enjoyed this movie more had I not grown up addicted to the lives of Henry VIII’s wives. The Other Boleyn Girl is 10% fact, 70% fiction, and 20% opinion. Try as I might, I couldn’t bring myself NOT to turn to Elena or Cham (my companions) for my whispered vocal footnotes.
I can’t even begin to enumerate how wonky the story was if compared with real history. It totally belonged to an alternate dimension.
I suppose it could be considered a good fanfic, with Mary Boleyn as its heroine. But if you want a well-depicted period piece, you’ll find that Henry VIII (starring Ray Winstone, Emily Blunt and Helena Bonham Carter) is a lot more (but not exactly) accurate despite its exaggerated romanticism.
At the end of the movie, Elena and Cham mentioned Troy. Don’t even get me started on that…
Rating: 4/10
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Beatrice Margarita V. Lapa
September 2, 2009 at 4:13 amCOMMENT FROM THE OLD SITE:
Allie (http://alliesanswers.com/) says
Have you seen the TV series The Tudors at all? I know it certainly fudges the lines of historical accuracy many times over, but I really enjoyed the first season. It put me in a Tudor phase and I was going to rent this movie, but I’ll rent Henry the VIII instead. Thank you!
July 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am