The film and story behind the Other Maiden differ. The film skips and/or glosses over major story points. The true story of Anne Boleyn is quite depressing, but in my research I found it extremely interesting. The movie The Other Boleyn Girl had good acting, beautiful costumes and sets, and a good plot. However, if you are looking to research a school history project, this is not a movie you want to watch, but if you are looking for a good movie you should watch it. Anne Boleyn had a sister, Mary Boleyn, and a brother, George Boleyn. Two of these brothers would meet a terrible and sudden end to their lives. Mary was the eldest of the siblings, despite what the movie said. Mary began life with a promising future; she was engaged to a twenty-one-year-old emperor, to be married as soon as she turned twelve. However, the emperor ended up not wanting to wait that long to get a bride. She was then married to William Carey, a man of the Privy Chamber. (load) The movie got it right that she married William Carey. However, he forgot to mention that he had another engagement earlier. Anne was the middle child in their family. The film betrays her as a beautiful child. And she may have been, but she was also said to have a sixth toe, a mole, and a double toenail. However, these traits are known more as myths. It is known, however, that she did not resemble most other court women. She had darker skin and dark hair, while the other women had mostly light skin and blonde hair. It's possible that the fact that she doesn't look like the other women in the courtroom is what sparked the rumors about her childish appearance... middle of paper... and the movie gives her away as having a good life. There was more to Anne's role in becoming queen than the film was willing to give. In the end Anne worked hard, sacrificed everything and achieved nothing. This movie had an almost correct story, but Hollywood got in the way and love, lust, and even Anne herself needed to be glorified and made bigger and better. This is why this movie is more fictional than not. Bibliography Erickson, Carolly. Mrs. Anna. New York: Summit Books. 1984. Print.Ives, Eric. The life and death of Anne Boleyn. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004.Print.loades, David. Henry VIII and his queens. Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Limited, 1997.Print.Loades, David. The Tudor court. New Jersey: Barnes and Noble Books. 1987. Print.Warnicke, Retha M. The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn. New York: Cambridge Press.1990. Press.