The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
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Reviews Counted: 38 Fresh: 22 Rotten:16 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: THE HUDSUCKER PROXY opens with a spectacular shot of snow falling over a beautiful city; the camera pans in slowly over the rooftops until it comes upon the Hudsucker Industries building, with a huge clock about to ring in the New Year--and a man about to jump to his death. The rest of this... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney
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A jeering, dreamlike comedy with nothing much on its mind except how neat the Coen brothers are and how stupid or contemptible everybody else is, including everyone in the audience.
11/06/07
Top Critic
An impressive technical achievement--the period New York sets are to die for -- and its version of the invention of the hula-hoop is a comic highlight.
11/06/07
Nearly everything in the Coen brothers' latest and biggest film seems like a wizardly but artificial synthesis, leaving a hole in the middle where some emotion and humanity should be.
11/06/07
Top Critic
A pastiche of a comedy that lacks authenticity and identity, made of parts borrowed (or lifted) from Capra, Hawks, and Sturges, with Jennifer Jason Leigh paying tribute (in unsuccessful accent) to the actresses of yesteryear's screwball comedies
10/27/06
A minor work, but confirmation of the Coens' position among America's most ambitious, able and exciting film-makers.
06/24/06
Criminally overlooked and sinfully wonderful Coen brothers comedy. Jennifer Jason Leigh is just flawless here.
04/03/05
[The Coens'] inventive style and the over-the-top performances from Robbins and Newman make this a feast for the eyes and a barrel of laughs.
01/15/05
A rare Coen Bros. misfire, never quite as nostalgic or clever as the dialogue or art direction imply.
08/16/03
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