The Other Boleyn Girl
Anne (Natalie Portman) we've all heard of, her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson), not so much. But it was Mary who first slept with Henry VIII (Eric Bana), and (according to Philippa Gregory's best-selling historical novel at any rate) she even bore him a son. In one of the more risible scenes in what is for the most part a brisk but decorous melodrama, Henry is distracted from the birth by Anne's peevish promise that, yes, his love will be reciprocated, if only he will make a decent woman of...
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