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Posts Tagged ‘Martin McDougall’


Movie Review: ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’

by Nat Almirall, Dec 14 2012 // 10:00 AM

Hyde Park on the Hudson

The fundamental problem with Hyde Park on Hudson is that it promises so many interesting characters and so many spirited performances, and then focuses its attention on the dullest one.

That’s not a reflection on Laura Linney’s performance as Margaret Suckley either; rather she has nothing to work with. When, early in the film, she’s summoned to Franklin Roosevelt (Bill Murray)’s New York retreat, the two embark on countless drives through the country. Are they happy? Content? Angry?

There’s image after image of them driving, accompanied by Linney’s tiresome jabbering narration, and then the tone takes a surreal detour when Frankie pulls over and wordlessly asks for some full service. Any other woman would rightly get the hell out of town, but as the meandering voiceover informs us, it draws the them closer. O-kay.

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Posted in: Comedy · Universal Pictures
Tagged: Andrew Havill, Bill Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, fdr, george vi, Historical Drama, hyde park on hudson, Laura Linney, Martin McDougall, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, richard nelson, Roger Michell, Samuel West, walmark films
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