the other boleyn girl not to be confuse with the book it claim to be base upon . this movie be not even close to a faithful adaptation . i could understand them change or elaborate on a few thing . the book be not perfection and but it be well write and become very popular . i could understand if the bbc want to make this a little more faithful to what actually happen and who anne boleyn really be but it not even close to be historically accurate either . it just fluff . mindless and make up fluff . a real shame . to begin with and the writer and director seem to think it be a good idea to setup the story like it be a reality tv show . seriously . they have the boleyn sit in front of the camera and confess how they really feel about what happen in their life . anne boleyn sits in a confessional ( not the church kind and the real world kind ) and choose what she want to tell and what she want to just sit and smile about . she look stupid have to use such a modern cinematic device in a film set in the 1500s . it the real world represent tudor england . jodhi may be a very good actress and after the aristocrat and a turn of the screw i be become a real fan of hers . but she should never have be cast a anne . actually i think she would have be a good mary . natascha mcelhone be a poor choice . she a good actress and sure and but she have very modern feature and do not appear convince in period costume . ( honestly and i spend the first half of the film try to figure out if she be that girl from the truman show . she be . ) she also too old to play the teen age mary so for some unknown reason they make mary the old of the sister . it make no sense and i know . it like the bbc seem to forget that these people actually live . theyre twist the story around and make thing up leave and right . i feel ridiculous have to correct the bbc on historical inaccuracy and but really . apart from the two sister the rest of the cast be actually very well choose . steven mackintosh strike me a a brilliant choice for george and and his casting be the real reason i decide to seek out this movie . big mistake . he do a great job and sure and but he hardly in this . how can anyone pretend theyre adapt the other boleyn girl and hardly mention george boleyn . that just absurd . philip glenister be another very good casting decision and but yet again and be hardly in the finished product . the real problem with this be the script . there just no get around that . it bad . it really and really bad . it too melodramatic and not engage . anne be portray a an air head and mary a the ringleader and and george a the follower . mary first husband be hardly mentioned and her relationship with the king be never explain they simply do not tell the story phillippa gregory write . the whole thing come across a a great big waste . i have no desire to see this thing a second time . i guess i will just have to read the book again and hope that the natalie portman version due out next year will be much good . note represent a of this writing and the only way of obtain this miniseries in the usa be on the last disc of the miniseries the six wife of henry viii . that a great miniseries but can cost $ 50 to $ 60 and that way to much to spend if youre just look for this piece of garbage .