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Derek Lea
Stunts -
Justin Chadwick
Director -
Andrew Davies
Script Consultant -
Peter Morgan
Screenplay -
Nigel Heath
Sound Re-Recording Mixer -
Clare Spragge
Costume Supervisor -
Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Casting -
Jill McCullough
Dialect Coach
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CinemaSerf 6/1/2024 7:32:09 PM
Except, it isn't really much about the "other" Boleyn girl at all, is it? Eric Bana never could hold a film together, and his effort as the amorous but volatile King Henry VIII proves he can't here either. Scarlett Johansson (Anne) and Natalie Portman (Mary) play the Boleyn girls well enough with decent, if brief, contributions from Kristin Scott-Thomas and Mark Rylance as their parents and from Jim Sturgess as their sexually ambiguous brother George. It looks sumptuous enough with plenty of attention to detail both indoors and out, but is over-written and it has all the sexual chemistry of a children's tea party. Sadly, it's a disappointingly weak adaptation of an intriguing story of betrayal, treachery and lust that really deserves better. Perhaps a film mainly for fans of a good costume drama that's big on costumes but less so on drama...
Scarlett Johansson
Mary BoleynAndrew Garfield
Francis WestonNatalie Portman
Anne BoleynEddie Redmayne
William StaffordBenedict Cumberbatch
William CareyJuno Temple
Jane ParkerEric Bana
Henry TudorDavid Morrissey
Thomas Howard - Duke of Norfolk