The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Critic Reviews

An enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history.Read the full review

A classy romantic cocktail distinguished by its tart yet breezy bite.Read the full review

The result is an entertainingly sudsy trip through early 16th century English history.Read the full review

A sexy, good-looking political bodice-ripper with an almost flawless cast at the top of its game.Read the full review

The film looks terrific, all Vermeer-style light/dark interplay and sleek design. And Portman is fantastic as the tempestuous Anne.Read the full review

In Portman's dynamic performance you can see strength and vulnerability warring for Anne's soul. In this bedroom view of history, it's that image that sticks.Read the full review

Shot in high definition and filmed at many historic locations, the film somehow still lacks the splendor of an epic, and its urgency to get on with the next plot point leaves much unexplained while context goes out the window.Read the full review

For a movie whose story hinges almost entirely on sex, The Other Boleyn Girl is disappointingly demure.Read the full review

Can't quite figure out what it wants to be. At times it strains to be a stately period drama about 16th-century political intrigue. Then it devolves into soap opera muck and emerges as a rather tame bodice ripper.Read the full review