Hyde Park on Hudson Reviews

As it stands, Hyde Park on Hudson is hobbled as a whole by poor focus and inconsistent tone and characterization. This is not a disaster by any means, but given the talent involved, it is certainly a disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

There's little to take away from "Hyde Park" apart from Bill Murray's electrifying performance as Roosevelt

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10

It's unfortunate that all this film has to offer ... is one great audition scene for aspiring actors, and the most awkward romantic moment in years.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/10

Most of the time it feels like an SNL sketch with all the punchlines removed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Other than some of the King George/FDR interactions I felt like this movie was little more than a silly soap opera.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

The storytelling is so uneven that our interests are never rooted.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.7/10

It's not the strongest premise for a movie, though Hyde Park on Hudson somehow contrives to make it seem rather less than the sum of its parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Even Murray, who never fails to be the most watchable actor in any film, can't prevent Hyde Park On Hudson from being too insipid.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Hyde Park on Hudson always goes back to ... a vapid core idea that only offers the filmmakers an opportunity to shoot dynamic driving scenes through scenic upstate New York.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

It's dispiriting that a film about the romantic life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who cultivated a small coterie of mistresses, should exhibit so little interest in what engaged its hero ...

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The filmmakers bite off far more than they're able to chew, resulting in an odd blend of touched-upon topics.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

The biggest issue with "Hyde Park on Hudson" is that it doesn't really have a point of view and therefore nothing is really at stake.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

A regal, stately biopic about, oddly enough, the politics of eating a hot dog, that's underwritten and poorly cast.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Bill Murray isn't bad as the polio-afflicted 32nd commander in chief. The trouble is that the rest of the film goes adrift in its choices.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

As Hyde Park on Hudson bumbles its way through its sluggish 94-minute runtime, it becomes increasingly clear just how bland it is for a film featuring such colorful personalities.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

None of it is quite ridiculous enough to qualify as camp, nor weighty enough to qualify as insightful drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

The movie hinges on Murray's turn as FDR, and frankly, he comes up wanting. He looks and sounds nothing like the man, and barely makes an effort to rectify that.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Bill Murray tries mightily to slide into the role of a great man, but it's not a comfortable fit.

Full Review | Original Score: C

The issue of FDR's fidelity remains a thorny topic for traditionalists and historians, never mind the light, fluffy - and ultimately disposable - version of events.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

...you certainly could do worse than enjoy a fanciful little film about a gentle president, his supposedly homely lover and two twittish English people appalled by hot dogs. I just wish they'd gone ahead and changed the names.

Full Review | Original Score: 82/100