The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Critic Reviews

Not good enough to take seriously and, sadly, not bad enough to be any fun.Read the full review

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

Not content to be a mildly diverting royal bodice-ripper, it spirals out of control into the kind of overwrought dramaturgy that's out of its league.Read the full review

The result is an entertainingly sudsy trip through early 16th century English history.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

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

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

Forced to compete for kingly favors, the women were soon rivals, a contest that, in its few meagerly entertaining moments, recalls the sisterly love in “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”Read the full review