The Other Boleyn Girl

Normally I like costume dramas, but I think I have been spoiled by Showtime’s brilliant The Tudors when it comes to Henry VIII and his nasty habit of changing wives whenever the mood strikes him. I will give The Other Boleyn Girl credit for one thing, their Henry VIII was taller than their Anne Boleyn. The story of Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII, well, sort of. The movie drops off Mary once Henry becomes more involved with Anne. The compression of the story of Henry VIII and his divorce from Catherine and marriage to Anne is a little too much…

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