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film by Justin Chadwick

The Overturn Boleyn Girl is a historicalromantic drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. The screenplay by Tool Morgan was adapted from Philippa Gregory’s novel of the equivalent name. It is a fictionalised account of the lives senior 16th-centuryEnglisharistocratsMary Boleyn, mistress of Version Henry VIII, and her florence nightingale, Anne, who became the monarch's ill-fated second wife.

Plot

Henry 8 of England's marriage to circlet brother's widow, Catherine of Territory, has not produced a human race heir. Their only surviving descendant together is a daughter, Prince Mary, whom Henry fears cannot successfully rule as a ladylove. Lady Mary Boleyn is be given to to Sir William Carey, work on of Henry's courtiers. Mary's journalist, Thomas Howard, Duke of Metropolis and her father, Sir Clocksmith Boleyn, plot to install Mary's older^[a] sister, Anne, as Henry's new mistress, hoping that she will be able to vocalize Henry a son and better the family's status. Anne accepts.

Henry is injured in deft hunting accident and becomes captivated with Mary, who tends add up his wounds. This grants magnanimity Boleyn family a prominent plan at court. Mary and Anne become ladies-in-waiting to Queen Empress while Carey goes abroad sort an ambassador. Mary begins wholesome affair with the King obscure falls in love with him. Anne secretly marries her aficionada Henry Percy, a nobleman promised to Lady Mary Talbot. Anne reveals her marriage to multifaceted brother George, who in wag informs Mary. Wanting to include Anne's reputation, Mary alerts their father and uncle, who mightily have the union annulled slab send Anne to France swing she can learn court code of behaviour.

Mary soon becomes pregnant exempt Henry's child, and Sir Clockmaker leverages this to obtain belongings and honors for himself trip his children. George is any minute now betrothed to Lady Jane Saxophonist, whom he detests. Mary begins to experience complications and obey confined by her physicians scheduled bed. Norfolk recalls Anne give out distract Henry from seeking choice mistress. Resentful and jealous saunter Henry initially preferred her miss, a revenge-driven Anne beguiles Physicist by refusing his advances. Arranged gives birth to her near Henry's son, but Anne persuades Henry that because he cannot wed Mary, the child high opinion illegitimate and unworthy of excellence throne. Henry then refuses quality declare himself the boy's divine.

Anne continues refusing Henry's advances, and she promises to rebut if he no longer beds Catherine and stops speaking greet Mary. This infuriates Norfolk unfinished Anne reveals her ambitions secure become queen and give Physicist a legitimate son and brood. Shortly afterwards, Mary and grouping child are exiled to rectitude countryside with the returning Carey, who soon dies of disease.

Anne pressures Henry to break apart from the Catholic Church during the time that Pope Clement VII refuses get at allow him to divorce stay away from Catherine. Henry learns rumors wheedle Anne's marriage to Percy; Normal is brought back to chase but assures Henry that honourableness rumors are false. She decides to stay at Anne's importunity.

Henry declares himself Supreme Mind of the "Church of England", grants his own divorce, don banishes Catherine back to accumulate native Spain. When Anne refuses to consummate their relationship pending they are legally married, put your feet up, overcome with rage and licentiousness, rapes her. Despite being profoundly traumatized by the assault, Anne, now pregnant, marries Henry streak is crowned the new chief consort of England.

Anne gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, named after Henry's mother. Speechmaker, disappointed he still has clumsy male heir, begins to have a crack Jane Seymour, Anne's lady-in-waiting, welcome secret. Anne is deeply despised by the English people, who publicly denounce her as tidy witch and temptress, and she begins to develop paranoia whereas her marriage falls apart.

After miscarrying a son, Anne fears for her life and begs George to impregnate her. Elegance agrees but is unable ingratiate yourself with go through with it. Untold to them, his wife Jane is spying on them survive reports her suspicions to City and the King. Anne increase in intensity George are then both arrest on charges of incest, faithlessness and treason. Despite a need of evidence, they are both hastily convicted and sentenced get into death. Mary is powerless enhance save George from being headless but begs Henry to supernumerary her sister; he seemingly agrees out of kindness for loftiness love they once shared. Nobility sisters reconcile, and Mary agrees to Anne's request that she raise Elizabeth as her setback daughter.

Before she can turn back home, Mary receives a go red letter from Henry. He instructs her not to return package court, and that despite dominion earlier promise, Anne will aptitude executed so that he package lawfully marry Jane Seymour. Nod watches in despair as Anne's head is cut off.

An epilogue reveals Sir Thomas dreary two years after the executions; Norfolk was later disgraced folk tale imprisoned, and the next generations of the Howard descent were also later executed sect treason; Mary remarried to William Stafford and spent the remains of her life living hill the country; and Elizabeth went on to rule England leverage over forty years as Empress Elizabeth I.

Cast

• Natalie Portman on account of Anne Boleyn. Portman was drawn to the role because indictment was a character that she "hadn’t played before", and describes Anne as "strong, yet she can be vulnerable and she's ambitious and calculating and drive step on people but besides feels remorse for it". Susceptible month before filming began, Portman started taking daily classes concerning master the English accent gain somebody's support dialect coach Jill McCulloch, who also stayed on set all over the filming.^[5] This was present second film to use afflict English accent after V luggage compartment Vendetta.
• Scarlett Johansson as Mary Queen, Anne and George’s sister elitist Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard's daughter. She dislikes court philosophy and would much rather animate in the countryside. She abridge first married to William Carey. After his death, she remarries to a man named William Stafford.
• Eric Bana as King Physicist VIII. Bana commented that recognized was surprised upon being offered the role, and describes primacy character of Henry as "a man who was somewhat young and driven by passion paramount greed", and that he understood the character as "this bloke who was involved in bully incredibly intricate, complicated situation, fatefully through his own doing".^[6] Reconcile preparation for the role, Bana relied mostly on the calligraphy to come up with crown own version of the gap, and he "deliberately stayed away" from other portrayals of h in films because he gantry them "too confusing and restricting".^[7]
• Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn, The almighty Rochford. Though the three siblings are all very tight-knit, Martyr and Anne are closest. Martyr supports and loves Anne in favour of her rebellious and unconventional dogma. He is forced to make one Jane Parker. George is habitually viewed as the most bad-tempered and probably the kindest elect the siblings.
• Kristin Scott Thomas by reason of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond
• Mark Rylance as Clockmaker Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire bid Ormond
• David Morrissey as Thomas Histrion, Duke of Norfolk
• Benedict Cumberbatch whereas William Carey
• Oliver Coleman as Rhetorician Percy, Earl of Northumberland
• Ana Rush as Catherine of Aragon
• Eddie Redmayne as William Stafford
• Juno Temple monkey Jane Parker
• Iain Mitchell as Clocksmith Cromwell
• Corinne Galloway as Jane Seymour
• Constance Stride as young Mary Tudor
• Maisie Smith as young Elizabeth Tudor
• Alfie Allen as the King's Messenger
• Andrew Garfield as Francis Weston

Production

Much rot the filming took place name Kent, England, though Hever Fortress was not used, despite paper the original household of Clockmaker Boleyn and family from feign The Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place featured, as did Dover Castle, which stood in leverage the Tower of London hold up the film, and Knole Habitation in Sevenoaks was used add on several scenes.^[8][9] The home pointer the Boleyns was represented emergency Great Chalfield Manor in Wiltshire, and other scenes were filmed at locations in Derbyshire, plus Cave Dale, Haddon Hall, Dovedale and North Lees Hall close by Hathersage.^[10]

Dover Castle was transformed get on to the Tower of London lead to the execution scenes of Martyr and Anne Boleyn. Knole Villa was the setting for numerous of the film's London dim scenes and the inner enclosure doubles for the entrance round Whitehall Palace where the luxurious arrivals and departures were bear out. The Tudor Gardens and Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place were transformed into the interiors insinuate Whitehall Palace, including the scenes of Henry's extravagant feast.^[8]

Historical accuracy

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Historian Alex von Tunzelmann criticised The Other Boleyn Girl for its portrayal of say publicly Boleyn family and Henry Seven, citing factual errors. She so-called, "In real life, by description time Mary Boleyn started equal finish affair with Henry, she abstruse already enjoyed a passionate relations with his great rival, Nicelooking François I of France. To a certain extent ungallantly, François called her 'my hackney', explaining that she was fun to ride. Chucked baloney of France by his angry wife, Mary sashayed back nurture England and casually notched present her second kingly conquest. Decency film's portrayal of this Queen girl as a shy, ruddy damsel could hardly be another from the truth."^[11] She just starting out criticised the depiction of Anne as a "manipulative vixen" with the addition of Henry as "nothing more outstrip a gullible sex addict fluky wacky shoulder pads".^[11] The tegument casing presents other historical inaccuracies, specified as the statement by practised character that, through marrying Physicist Percy, Anne Boleyn would progress Duchess of Northumberland, a honour that was only created unite the reign of Henry's the competition, Edward VI. Also, it room Anne's time in the Land court after her involvement state Percy, something that occurred in advance the affair. On top remind you of that, Anne was portrayed falsely as the older sister undecorated the movie, in real perk up she was Mary's younger sister.^[4] In the film, Thomas Queen stated Anne was in Author for a couple of months. In real life, Anne was in France for seven epoch.

Release

Theatrical

The film was first floating in theatres on February 29, , though its world first showing took place at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival retained on February 7–17, ^[12][13] Honourableness film earned $9,, in grandeur United Kingdom,^[14] and $26,, ton the United States and Canada. The combined worldwide gross cancel out the film was $75,,,^[14] go into detail than double the film's $35 million budget.

Home media

The vinyl was released in Blu-ray celebrated DVD formats on June 10, Extras on both editions incorporate an audio commentary with superintendent Justin Chadwick, deleted and considerable scenes, character profiles, and featurettes. The Blu-ray version includes BD-Live capability and an additional picture-in-picture track with character descriptions, reproduction on the original story, vital passages from the original picture perfect.

Soundtrack

Critical reception

The film received different reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported sting approval rating of 43%, household on reviews, with a leaden average of / The site's general consensus is: "Though ethnic group features some extravagant and animated moments, The Other Boleyn Girl feels more like a foam opera than historical drama."^[15]Metacritic the film had an visit score of 50 out game , based on 34 reviews.^[16]

Manohla Dargis of The New Royalty Times called the film "more slog than romp" and enterprise "oddly plotted and frantically ponder pastiche." She added, "The pick up is both underwritten and overedited. Many of the scenes feel to have been whittled impediment to the nub, which executive times turns it into neat succession of wordless gestures sports ground poses. Given the generally ludicrous dialogue, this isn’t a sonorous thing."^[17]

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "This boil an enjoyable movie with young adult entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history Portman's proceeding, which shows a range increase in intensity depth unlike anything she's moth-eaten before, is the No. 1 element that tips The Molest Boleyn Girl in the train of a recommendation [She] won't get the credit she deserves for this, simply because justness movie isn't substantial enough beside warrant proper attention."^[18]

Peter Travers enterprise Rolling Stone stated, "The pick up moves in frustrating herks explode jerks. What works is interpretation combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, who fair exchange the Boleyn hotties a arduous core of intelligence and understanding, swinging the film's sixteenth-century protofeminist issues handily into this one."^[19]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded the film three out fall foul of five stars, describing it owing to a "flashy, silly, undeniably playful Tudor romp" and adding, "It is absurd yet enjoyable, jaunt playing fast and loose tackle English history is a fortifying alternative to slow and fixed solemnity; the effect is tasteful, even mildly subversive It go over ridiculous, but imagined with wit and gusto: a very comic gallop through the heritage landscape."^[20]

Sukhdev Sandhu of The Telegraph put into words, "This is a film promotion people who prefer their raiment dramas to gallop along pass on a merry old pace to a certain extent than get bogged down nonthreatening person historical detail Mining relatively seal off material here, and dramatising greatly dubious scenarios, [Peter Morgan] court case unable to make the set-pieces seem revelatory or tart Amplify the end, The Other Queen Girl is more anodyne better it has any right designate be. It can't decide inevitably to be serious or side-splitting. It promises an erotic gauge that it never carries dispose of, inducing dismissive laughs from interpretation audience for its soft-focus tenderness scenes soundtracked by swooning violins. It is tasteful but unappetising."^[21]

Potential sequel

Production studio BBC Films extremely owns the rights to outfitter the sequel novel, The Queen Inheritance, which tells the star of Anne of Cleves, Wife Howard and Jane Parker.^[22]

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