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Sat, 05 Jul 2008
Movie Review: The Other Boleyn Girl
The first thing I must say about The Other Boleyn Girl is this: cool costumes! I'm a moderate fan of English period pieces (see Remains of the Day, Howard's End, Sense and Sensibility, etc), so this film about Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, struck my fancy. At almost 2 hours in length, it is a longer film than most... but considering how much ground it covers, the film's pace is very fast and there are more than a dozen key players which forces the historically challenged (e.g. me) to strain my old brain to keep everything straight. In fact after the film ended, I hit wikipedia to fill in the historical context of the story so that all the pieces fit together just so. But much of the film does not require any historical knowledge really. The story is that of two sisters, Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn and their (supposed) rivalry between each other to catch a king (Henry VIII). Mary Boleyn is a reluctant participant at first, and would rather leave the business of seducing the king to her sister Anne. However, the king is smitten by Mary first (despite Anne's overt advances), a fact that leaves Anne quite annoyed. Despite Mary's recent marriage, her family forces her to be the king's lover. Mary slowly replaces her emotional attachment to her recently wed husband to that of the king. Mary soon bears his child (a son), only to be ostracized by the king and his court at the behest of Anne. The sisters play against each other but at last reconcile just before Anne loses her head (by court order on charges of treason). Mary takes Anne's daughter (Elizabeth) and raises the baby as her own (Elizabeth eventually becomes Queen of England). Summary: Entertaining. Pay special note to the costumes.
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