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Name: The Other Boleyn Girl
Director: Justin Chadwick
Genre: drama, history, romance
Released: 2008
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 6.7

The Other Boleyn Girl has an iRankMovies score of 57.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Two sisters divided for the love of a king.

Release:2008

Runtime:1h 56m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Justin Chadwick

Language:English

Genre

DramaHistoryRomance

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Keywords

Sibling RelationshipBased On Novel Or BookEnglandKingdomPoliticsQueenRoyaltyReligion

iRank57

The Other Boleyn Girl rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 125K votes

Rotten Tomatoes43%

Metacritic50%

TMDb6.698/10· 2K votes

With 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 50/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About 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.

Cast of The Other Boleyn Girl

Natalie Portman
as Anne Boleyn
Scarlett Johansson
as Mary Boleyn
Eric Bana
as Henry Tudor
Jim Sturgess
as George Boleyn
Mark Rylance
as Sir Thomas Boleyn
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Lady Elizabeth Boleyn
David Morrissey
as Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk
Benedict Cumberbatch
as William Carey
Oliver Coleman
as Henry Percy
Ana Torrent
as Katherine of Aragon
Eddie Redmayne
as William Stafford
Juno Temple
as Jane Parker

The Other Boleyn Girl facts

Budget: $35M
Box office: $78.3M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Historical drama brings Tudor politics to life with aristocratic intrigue
•Sister rivalry over Henry VIII creates compelling period relationship conflict
•Sixteenth century England setting provides opulent visual production design

What the audience disliked

•Critical consensus notes historical inaccuracy undermines dramatic authenticity
•Melodramatic tones occasionally overshadow historical substance and nuance