A poor, inaccurate effort

Rating: 2/10 (7 September 2014)

Depressingly inaccurate and misrepresented. The book 'The Other Boleyn Girl' had a few inaccuracies of it's own, but made a good effort to truly flesh out character's lives and personalities. The movie had more historically inaccurate facts than it did true, and didn't seem to follow the book at all. Leaving out baby Catherine, showing William Stafford as a smiling fool, screwing up Henry Percy's story completely, and forgetting to mention Catherine entirely after her trial was over was a poor effort.
One of the things that annoyed me most was when Henry raped Anne. There is no historical evidence whatsoever to show that he would have done this, and every suggestion to the contrary. He either loved her with a passion or ignored her entirely. With Henry, there was rarely any middle ground. The other incredibly annoying scene was at George's execution where the crowd shouted and jeered as he had to be dragged to the block. In actual reality, he stood calmly before the crowd, and announced his innocence and respect for the queen. The producer's effort in 'spicing things up' by making things appear worse then they actually were was degrading to the fine lives of these characters, most of who died with dignity.