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The Other Boleyn Girl

The only thing that could come between these sisters... is a kingdom.

Hollywood rolls out a somewhat-soapopera version of a tragic bit of English history. The film focuses on the rivalry between two sisters for the love, and bed, or King Henry 8th, who was already married at the time. In fact, so too were the girls, but these things can be dealt with. The king was desperate for a male heir, which not only led him to split the country and start a new church, but also drive an axe between two loving sisters.

114 minutes, No persons under 13 (Sex, Violence)
Drama, Romance, Female interest, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, David mossissey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Coleman

Director

Justin Chadwick

Screenplay

Peter Morgan, from the novel by Philippa Gregory

Music

Paul Cantelon

Cinematography

Kieran McGuigan

Editing

Paul Knight, Carol Littleton

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2008

Produced by

BBC Films, Focus Features, Relativity Media, Ruby Films, Scott Rudin Productions

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Mild and infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Strongly implied, fairly frequent
Violence	Very strongly implied, moderate frequency
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Themes here of incest, rape, adultery and rampant greed make this story unsuitable for younger viewers. The historical theme forms a base, but there are characters and tthemes that have been added to this movie to pad it out. It's a tragic story.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

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Ratings

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South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarLara de Matos

Die BurgerLaetitia Pople

Cape TimesKenneth Turan

iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal Bana broods and strides while Portman and Johansson take turns being the other Boleyn girl. Stuff history, this is a period soap opera, which males will endure because of the irresistible appeal of the Johansson/Portman combo.

The CitizenAnnette Bayne

Sunday TimesBarry Ronge

International Media

BBC (UK)Paul Arendt Ravishing frocks and heaving bosoms are the main constituents of The Other Boleyn Girl, an entertaining bodice ripper lightly disguised as historical fiction.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli The result is an entertainingly sudsy trip through early 16th century English history.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, who give the Boleyn hotties a tough core of intelligence and wit, swinging the film's sixteenth-century protofeminist issues handily into this one.

ScreenIt (USA) The melodrama takes over to the point that one is also likely to imagine the familiar strains of most any afternoon soap opera score playing somewhere in the background of royal 16th century England.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com121 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Plays more like a soap opera than a historical drama.

Internet (IMDB)5513 Netizens Impressed

Average .. 55%

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