Director Stephen Frears usually excels at jumping genres, but fails to do so within a single film.
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12/22/05
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
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Reviews Counted:136
Fresh:89
Rotten:47
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins shine in this warm, witty period piece.
Theatrical Release:2005
Box Office: $10,965,943
Synopsis: A British director with an astoundingly eclectic body of work, Stephen Frears (MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, HIGH FIDELITY) has never made the same film twice. With MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, Frears has... [More]
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Judi Dench, Christopher Guest, Kelly Reilly
Director: Stephen Frears, Norma Heyman
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Reviews for Mrs. Henderson Presents
In the annals of no-sex-please Brit nudie revues, this Oscar hopeful falls between the The Full Monty's Rabelaisian stew and Calendar Girls' charming but thin broth.
12/15/05
The film may be as slick as a snake-oil salesman, but you have to have a very hard heart indeed not to find it irresistible: It's funny, touching and crammed to the rafters with clever dialogue, splashy production numbers and stiff-upper-lip charm.
01/12/06
As the story's disjointed perspective widens the energy dwindles and the film loses focus.
01/11/06
If you're going to watch "Mrs. Henderson Presents" you'd better be prepared to see a lot of breasts.
01/06/06
Frears' lazy directing and Sherman's meandering script insistently go for the safe, for the cozy, each and every time the film shows a glimmer of potential.
12/13/05
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.
02/11/06
Moviegoers who relish the thought of hearing the imperious Dench pronounce various circumstances as 'delicious' or 'intolerable' are most likely to enjoy this film.
02/03/06
Dench is the world's greatest living actress, and she imbues Mrs. Henderson with a life and spirit that lifts the film above its predictability.
02/02/06
It comes highly recommended and is right at home in the company of other end-of-the-year 'prestige' pictures.
12/06/05
Top CriticThe splintered, bantering relationship between Mrs. Henderson and Van Damm (and the chemistry between Dench and Hoskins) is what gives the movie its slender charms.
12/09/05
Top CriticMrs Henderson's irrepressible dominance ensures that all the other characters in her orbit seem static and soulless, not unlike the girls in the theatre's nude tableaux.
08/02/07
The greatest pleasure of Mrs. Henderson Presents is watching two of the grandest British lions taking their talents for a long walk.
02/03/06
Top CriticSubplots subbing for a story line is an effort with little payoff.
12/13/05
When exactly did one of cinema's most accomplished actresses turn into one of its most boring?
02/22/06
A smashing performance by Judi Dench as an upper-class London widow who finds a new lease on life that arouses both her spirit and her spunk.
11/03/05
Una comedia dramática con iguales dosis de picardía y emotividad, sostenida en dos buenas actuaciones de Judi Dench y Bob Hoskins.
04/11/06
You can take Harvey and Bob Weinstein away from Miramax --but you can't take that foolproof 'Miramax Formula' away from the Weinsteins.
01/10/06
Frears gives us a sweet, old-fashioned study of time and place and one unsinkable woman.
01/13/06
Top CriticWorms its way into our hearts thanks to a terrific cast, solid directing from Stephen Frears and, yes, naked girls.
02/03/06
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