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Manohla Dargis, New York Times: More slog than romp, The Other Boleyn Girl tells the salacious story of two hot blue bloods who ran amok and partly unclothed in the court of Henry VIII. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: And what of these young American actresses' putting on British accents to vie for the king? They seem, at first, like coeds in a college production of The Importance of Being Earnest, but once the dislocation fades, their commitment wins you over. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Despite a certain amount of moral outrage and good performances from the lead actresses, it's neither sexy enough to qualify as good trash nor serious enough to pass for history. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: After covering much of its ground at a stylish canter, The Other Boleyn Girl finishes at a plod. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The Other Boleyn Girl is an agreeable piece of filmmaking, carefully and sometimes artfully balancing solemnity with fluff. Read more
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: The Other Boleyn Girl is a fitting prequel to the Elizabeth movies: It's pretty, passionate, and full of historical poppycock. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It probably shouldn't be the way in which high-school kids learn about Henry VIII and his court, but it's a fun movie. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The Other Boleyn Girl is the kind of potted historical drama that's not good enough to take seriously and, sadly, not bad enough to be any fun. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OK as far as it goes, which is not far enough. Read more
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: Sticklers for historical accuracy are forewarned: This glossy production plays fast and loose with the facts, abbreviating, altering and excising entire character arcs and plot lines. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: The film's seduction is all too obvious to ravish anyone. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: A richly appointed period piece, it features kingly tantrums, mistresses, bodices, roaring fireplaces, incest, and mutton. It also features sharply enunciated, period-perfect dialogue in which nary a contraction can be heard. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Neither Johansson nor Portman convince. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Wow! Hot dueling sisters. Beheadings. Untold wealth and power. Lush costumes. Decisions that change the course of history. And, again -- hot dueling sisters! So how come The Other Boleyn Girl is such a snooze? Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A classy romantic cocktail distinguished by its tart yet breezy bite. Read more
Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: Ms. Johansson fills the screen in her usually quiet but piercing manner. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: The filmmakers deserve credit for being serious-minded, but they might have hinted at the top of the film that all would not be well in the end. Read more
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: Chadwick and Morgan have cooked up a potboiler, the sort of thing that might have been fun to watch with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as the Boleyn sisters, while Charles Laughton lasciviously eyed the backs of their necks as Henry. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: Beneath the thundering horse hoofs and happy wedding fiddles is a viper's nest of sexual intrigue that would be at home on Desperate Housewives. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: As the girls' mother, Kristin Scott Thomas is basically reduced to shaking her head, sighing and wondering how things turned out so badly. Indeed. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Unsexy and not particularly good-looking. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: A sexy Tudor soap opera about the beautiful, sensual and tragic second wife of Henry VIII. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Whatever its virtues, this is entirely too much melodrama to cram into a feature film. Characters are lost, too much happens off camera, and the whole compacted thing feels like Reader's Digest history. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Given the zing and zip of [screenwriter] Morgan's prior work, it's fair to guess that the film's want of rhythm and sweep is due to Justin Chadwick's pedestrian direction. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: An entertainingly sudsy trip through early 16th century English history. Read more
Jim Emerson, Chicago Sun-Times: If Russ Meyer had made The Other Boleyn Girl, Anne and Mary Boleyn would have yanked some hair, scratched some eyeballs, walloped each other in their respective kissers, and the movie would have been all the better for it. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: A genteel soap opera in which the sex and intrigue are so muted, so tasteful, that they practically blow off the screen in a scattering of dust. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: However embarrassed you might feel in the morning, this in an enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Feminist subtext aside, the movie is primarily an excuse for ogling some blue-chip actor-flesh. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: What might have been delicious trash lacks the courage of its trashy convictions, and the result is high-born melodrama with the juice boiled out, so much dry cabbage on fine-china plate. Read more
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star: [A] vulgarized portrayal of the Tudor court. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Why in the name of ermine boleros would anyone make such a dull, coy and, worst of all, pretty film about Anne Boleyn? Read more
Derek Elley, Variety: A sexy, good-looking political bodice-ripper with an almost flawless cast at the top of its game. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Even by its own standards, the movie becomes increasingly macabre and ludicrous as Anne's machinations get the better of her, and everyone, including the audience, is left feeling shattered, shaken and vaguely unclean for having participated in all this. Read more