The Other Boleyn Girl

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Summary: Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Release Date: February 29, 2008

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Justin Chadwick

Writers: Peter Morgan

, Philippa Gregory

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Focus Features, BBC Films, Relativity Media, Ruby Films, Scott Rudin Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Focus Features, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 26,814,957

International: $ 51,386,873

Box office:

Budget:$35MDomestic:$26.8MInternational:$51.4MWorldwide:$78.2M

Adaptation/remake:

based on true story, based on novel

Possible Big Business:

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Focus Features

(NBCUniversal subsidiary)

19%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 19% higher than the critics.

43%62%

The Metacritic audience rated this 14% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

50/100

Metacritic User:

64/100

33%0%

33% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White83.33%Jewish16.67%

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Violence3/5
Sex3/5
Drugs3/5

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Sex3/5
Language3/5
Violence1/5
Drugs1/5
Nudity2/5
Other1/5

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Race	White	Latino	Black	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	15	1	1	17		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Bettaface	1			1		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.betafaceapi.com/demo_old.html
Ethnic	1			1		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Surname	1			1		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Familysearch		1		1
Total	18	2	1	21
Cast Percentages	85.71%	9.52%	4.76%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2020) Percentage	57.84%	18.73%	12.4%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[{"name":"White","y":57.84,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.54,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":6,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.4,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":1.35,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":1.12,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":18.73,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9.32,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.02,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2020) Representation	+27.87	-9.21	-7.64		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[["White",57.84],["Latino",18.73],["Black",12.4]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Percentage	74.35%	9.42%	7.96%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12147700000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1013300000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1300200000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":114600000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1539000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":224700000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Representation	+11.36	+0.1	-3.2		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[["White",74.35],["Latino",9.42],["Black",7.96]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	65.34%	9.51%	9.43%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11769261769072,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1354271535995,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1698695855352,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":163519973579,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1713279930244,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":1312094872866,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+20.37	+0.01	-4.67		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",65.34],["Latino",9.51],["Black",9.43]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (2018) Percentage	14.35%	5.63%	14.27%		{"name":"World population (2018) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":14483756233,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":42590173754,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":10835693854,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":108509349246,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":107958087124,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":237538960033,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":66200811292,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":165634702327,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2542571687,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2018) Representation	+71.36	+3.89	-9.51		{"name":"World population (2018) ","series":[["White",14.35],["Latino",5.63],["Black",14.27]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	9.35%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+49.23	+0.17	-1.62		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Latino",9.35],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":85.71,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Latino","y":9.52,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Black","y":4.76,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
Notes		Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.

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This film gets a 2/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467200/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-26Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-other-boleyn-girl last updated: 2024-10-26Update data
Message 0/5	Men and women commit adultery, scheme to get power, and trade sexual favors. Family members betray each other, people are killed (often for muddled reasons). That said, there appears to be a strong bond between the two sisters, and there's an underlying message of forgiveness.
Violence 3/5	Loud fights between couples (a woman slaps a man, for example), verbal confrontations, two beheadings (the actual act isn't shown, but in one scene, a bird's-eye view from far above shows a head next to a body), and a rape scene (not graphic, but the act is clearly implied).
Sex 3/5	A couple is shown passionately kissing while presumably naked (the shot is close-up, so breasts and genitals aren't visible); a wife beds down with her husband while both are wearing nightgowns; a brother and sister discuss being physically intimate with each other; lots of talk of taking a mistress.
Language 0/5	Nothing really stronger than "whore," though the insults are biting.
Drugs 3/5	Some drinking at festivities.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/7050-the-other-boleyn-girl/
Faith 0/5	None
Sex 3/5	The king has affairs, although none are graphically shown but enough is revealed so the audience knows what is happening. A character consummates her marriage to a man but then the marriage is annulled. A character almost talks her brother into having sex with her so as to provide her husband a child but they do not go through with it; a few sexual innuendos; the king apparently forces himself on his wife.
Language 3/5	D-2; G/OMG-2; B-5; P-1; J-with reverence in a prayer.
Violence 1/5	Two beheadings although not graphic.
Drugs 1/5	Drinking in a few scenes.
Nudity 2/5	Woman's nude back is seen; woman's thigh exposed; shirtless man. Cleavage.
Other 1/5	Some bloody meat is seen being chopped in one scene; a character lies to the king to protect a family member; blood on the bed in a couple of scenes as women miscarry babies.

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