Anne e Mary são irmãs que foram convencidas por seu pai e tio ambiciosos a aumentar o status da família tentando conquistar o coração de Henry Tudor, o rei da Inglaterra. Elas são levadas à corte e logo Maria conquista o rei, dando-lhe um filho ilegítimo. Porém isto não faz com que Ana desista de seu intento, buscando de todas as formas passar para trás tanto sua irmã quanto a rainha Catarina de Aragão.
Except, it isn't really much about the "other" Boleyn girl at all, is it? Eric Bana never could hold a film together, and his effort as the amorous but volatile King Henry VIII proves he can't here either. Scarlett Johansson (Anne) and Natalie Portman (Mary) play the Boleyn girls well enough with decent, if brief, contributions from Kristin Scott-Thomas and Mark Rylance as their parents and from Jim Sturgess as their sexually ambiguous brother George. It looks sumptuous enough with plenty of attention to detail both indoors and out, but is over-written and it has all the sexual chemistry of a children's tea party. Sadly, it's a disappointingly weak adaptation of an intriguing story of betrayal, treachery and lust that really deserves better. Perhaps a film mainly for fans of a good costume drama that's big on costumes but less so on drama...
