Nice costumes. Terrible editing.

Rating: 2/10 (10 March 2008)

As previously commented, the book "The Other Boleyn Girl" was not particularly accurate from a historical perspective, but at least the characters were developed. The best part of this movie was the costumes. Some of the acting was OK, but the script or the editing of the movie (or both) was awful! The movie neither followed generally accepted historical fact nor the points and time line proposed by Gregory as fact. It skipped around leaving out important points, which made it impossible to follow the story. I went with a friend, and part way through(after Mary is receiving a marriage proposal), I asked my friend "Did I miss something or did they neglect to mention that Mary's husband died?" Now, I will admit that I might have dozed off or been daydreaming, but my friend confirmed that the movie had left out that little bit of information. Furhter, I could swear that I'd previously seen scenes in previews that did not appear in the movie. Unless you just like looking at lavish costumes, stay home and read something instead. It would be a shame for people to think that this is a historically accurate movie. Better yet, save your money until you can afford to take a trip to Hampton Court (the ads for which say "Henry loved it so much, he took his honeymoon there. Again and again and again. He did confiscate it from Woolsey, so I guess it was true.) You will learn more.