Directed by:
Roger MichellScreenplay:
Richard NelsonCinematography:
Lol CrawleyComposer:
Jeremy SamsCast:
Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman, Blake Ritson, Samuel West, Eleanor Bron, Martin McDougall, Tim Ahern, Tommy Campbell, Sam Creed (more)VOD (1)
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One weekend will unite two great nations... after cocktails, of course! In June 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor host the King and Queen of Britain for a weekend at Hyde Park on Hudson in upstate New York. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support, but international affairs must be juggled with FDR complex relationships, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the Royal weekend an unforgettable one. (Icon Home Entertainment)
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An amusing story that could brighten up your day if it hadn't tripped over its own feet. Laura Linney is magical even approaching fifty, and Bill Murray effortlessly steals all of Hyde Park for himself, but the imbalance of individual episodes and the unbelievable final melodrama do not allow me to rate this any higher. And considering how diligently Roger Michell tries to combine political references with romance, that comes as a true disappointment.
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The biggest drama of this film is actually whether the royal couple will or will not have hot dogs with the president of the United States on a picnic, which are offered to them. The film almost evokes a bit of absurdity, but it ultimately shies away from that and wants to give it proper emotions and historical meaning. Which it doesn't succeed in.
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