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Hyde Park on Hudson
- Director: Roger Michell
- Writer: Richard Nelson
- Producer: David Aukin; Kevin Loader
CGiii Comment
Now...if the producers wanted something special they could have offered the part to Colin Firth (maybe they did, maybe he declined) but, Samuel West, being a rather awkward actor, is completely wrong for the part.
The story is a tabloid sex scandal extravaganza...downplayed to the point of drudgery. FDR, the President, an insatiable womanizing harem keeper...with a feisty, anti-royalist, lesbian wife...and, according to this...not even a raised eyebrow - all perfectly normal and totally acceptable. Really?!?
The scenes involving the Royals make for some uncomfortable viewing - possibly enraging some - they are so bloody pathetic...
Bland, insipid and pointless.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1930s Hudson Valley, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley is reacquainted with her distant cousin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to help him relax at his family estate. That aid soon develops into much more as they become lovers. That puts Daisy in a unique position as Roosevelt receives the King and Queen of Britain in 1939 for a visit. As the Royal couple copes with the President's oddly plebeian arrangements, Daisy learns that there is far more to Roosevelt's life than she realized. With the world about to be set ablaze by war, friendships are struck and perspectives are gained on that special weekend that would make all the difference with a great, but very human, president.
Cast & Characters
Bill Murray as FDR;
Laura Linney as Daisy;
Samuel West as Bertie;
Olivia Colman as Elizabeth;
Elizabeth Marvel as Missy;
Olivia Williams as Eleanor;
Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Roosevelt;
Martin McDougall as Tommy;
Andrew Havill as Cameron;
Eleanor Bron as Daisy's Aunt