Hyde Park On Hudson (2012) 6/10

Starring : Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Olivia Williams
Director : Roger Michell
Running Time : 95 mins

It’s 1939, and 32nd President of the United States Franklin D Roosevelt (Murray) is receiving King George VI (West) and his wife Elizabeth (Colman) at his family estate for a royal visit due to concerns about imminent war, but FDR also has to contend with not only an interfering mother but the secret affair he is having with his sixth cousin Daisy (Linney).

The performances in this movie are what makes this watchable – there isn’t really enough of a story to make this worth filming, so I’m surprised it ever got made. Perhaps with the popularity of The King’s Speech, coupled with the recent success of Lincoln, made this seem like a sure fire hit, but sadly it is just too lacking in substance to make it a great movie.

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