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Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Weinstein Company LLC
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for nudity and brief language
Starring
Judi Dench,
Bob Hoskins,
Will Young,
Kelly Reilly,
Thelma Barlow,
and
Christopher Guest
Mrs. Laura Henderson (Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest of her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theater becomes ger game and the infamous showman Vivian Van Dam (Hoskins) becomes her partner and fiercest opponent. The Germans are bombing London but the roar of the Windmill is all that can be heard as Laura convinces Lord Cromer (Guest) to allow her actresses to be the one thing no one could ever imagine: Nude. Brought to its knees by war, what Mrs. Henderson Presents brings a nation to its feet in applause. (The Weinstein Company)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Martin Sherman
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Stephen Frears
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 18, 2006
Theatrical: December 9, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Marvelously enjoyable.

88
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It offers a feel-good experience, but without the heavy dose of schmaltz that often accompanies such a production.

88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Constantly battling, Hoskins and Dench have terrific chemistry together.

88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
A dear film, sentimental and fond, full of beautifully acted British resolve.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's funny, touching and crammed to the rafters with clever dialogue, splashy production numbers and stiff-upper-lip charm.

83
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
A humorous bounty of flesh and fantasy.

80
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
This is a shimmery beaded curtain of a movie, a slight, charming picture that's almost all facade. But what a facade!

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
An absolute delight from start to finish.

80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
One of the wittiest comedies to come our way in a very long time.
80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Just as there will always be an England, there will always be a certain kind of English film: the highly polished entertainment, well-acted, genteelly amusing and impeccably turned out.
Mrs. Henderson Presents is the latest example of the trend and an especially satisfying one.

80
Newsweek
David Ansen
A shameless crowd-pleaser.

80
Time
Richard Schickel
The result is an admittedly minor, but authentic, holiday treat.

80
Dallas Observer
Bill Gallo
Mrs. Henderson hits all its marks, well-worn though they be, and Dench fans will once more find themselves glorying in her reckless spirit.

75
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Say what you will about feel-good films anchored by feisty old broads, the English have a knack with them and Stephen Frears' fact-based tale of a formidable, aristocratic widow who makes it her mission to put naked girls on the London stage is delightful.

75
Premiere
Ethan Alter
It's a slight story to be sure, but the pleasures of Mrs. Henderson Presents lie less with the narrative and more with the film's tone and the dynamic duo of Dench and Hoskins.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Has an old-fashioned feel, as if it had been made in the period of its setting. I mean this as a compliment.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Mrs. Henderson Presents is not great cinema, and neither was the Windmill great theater, but they both put on a good show.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Unlike its subject, "Henderson" breaks no new ground. But like its reliable star, it's a welcome exponent of a valued tradition.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Mrs. Henderson Presents is a very old hat, and Judi Dench wears it beautifully.

75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Never has the sight of naked women been so innocent.

70
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Humor and warmth abound in Mrs. Henderson Presents.

70
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Posh meets prole in this period drama elegantly directed by Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, Prick Up Your Ears).

70
Film Threat
K.J. Doughton
In Mrs. Henderson Presents, Bob Hoskins lets it all hang out.

70
Village Voice
Jorge Morales
This is Dame Judi's show. However extraordinary an actor she may be, she cannot conceal the obvious fact that she's having the time of her life here. Isn't that delicious?

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Poking fun at uptight British civility has long been a monocle-shattering comedic staple, and Mrs. Henderson Presents gets by for a while on its genial naughtiness.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Dench deserves better, and unfortunately it will probably be a long time before she gets another starring role in a movie custom-made for an actress her age.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
In its juxtaposition of voluptuous nudity with the horrors of war, in its evocation of idealized beauty draped like gods and goddesses of Grecian art, the film invokes classical ideas about how the life force asserts itself most aggressively in the face of death.

63
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The subplot involving a tragic romance between a soldier and one of the living statues (the lovely Kelly Reilly) is hell on the humor and on a movie that stays content to do the trite thing.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
The picture is as tastefully pretty as its girls, and just as motionless.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
This genteel confection skews toward older audiences - those who go for "Calendar Girls," "Ladies in Lavender" and "Mrs. Brown."

60
Variety
David Rooney
A bigscreen feature executed with a cookie-cutter small-screen sensibility, this often charming but untextured fact-based period piece is buoyed along by the redoubtable Judi Dench.

60
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Watching this reasonably funny, professionally assembled calculation is a little like snuggling up in front of the television with a mug of hot cocoa and a warm blanket. Those who prefer their drinks and recreation spiked would do well to look elsewhere.

58
Portland Oregonian
Marc Mohan
A rather schizophrenic comedy that gives respected performers Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins a chance to show they don't take themselves too seriously.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
This makes for a friendly romp, and also a dull one.

50
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Stephen Frears has had more downs than ups of late, but I would never have thought the man responsible for "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "The Grifters" capable of stooping to pap as pappy as this unbearably chipper take on the real-life story of Laura Henderson.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
It says something that during a scene in which nude chorines are turned into a fleshy backdrop, you spend as much time looking at your watch as what's on screen.


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