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Movie Info

In the summer of 1921, unsuccessful vice-presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Ralph Bellamy) is vacationing with his family at their estate on Campobello Island on the Maine/New Brunswick border. During their stay, the 39-year-old Roosevelt comes down with a fever and sudden paralysis that is eventually diagnosed as polio. With the help of his wife, Eleanor (Greer Garson), and his close friend and political consultant, Louis Howe (Hume Cronyn), FDR battles his newfound disability.

Genre:

biography
Original Language:

English
Director:

Vincent J. Donehue
Producer:

Dore Schary
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 16, 2012
Runtime:

2h 23m
Production Co:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Cast & Crew

Ralph Bellamy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Greer Garson
Eleanor Roosevelt

Hume Cronyn
Louis Howe

Jean Hagen
Missy Le Hand

Ann Shoemaker
Sara Delano Roosevelt

Alan Bunce
Gov. Alfred E. Smith

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Critic Reviews for Sunrise at Campobello

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1)

This is an exceptional and inspiring true story.

December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
In the journey from stage to screen this chapter from the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt loses none of its poignant and inspirational qualities, none of its humor and pathos.

July 7, 2010 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
A well-done, moving biographical film.

May 9, 2005 | Full Review…

Bosley Crowther
New York Times
Franklin D. Roosevelt's valiant, cheerful battle against polio and despair at his summer home in New Brunswick in the early 1920s has been turned into a stirring and entertaining film.

October 29, 2019 | Full Review…

Clyde Gilmour
Maclean's Magazine
Indeed the movie is, from any rational viewpoint, terrible... It's all prime quality ham, but it's interesting to watch.

July 22, 2019 | Full Review…

Dwight MacDonald
Esquire Magazine
Greer Garson received her seventh Best Actress Oscar nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in this conventional biopic, based on the Broadway play.

March 5, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
A heartwarming look at the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

June 18, 2012 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Inspirational biopic on the only American president to be elected for four terms.

November 16, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Sunrise at Campobello

Apr 22, 2014

Bill Murray's recent depiction of Roosevelt continues the middling attempts at capturing his life that was first tried in this film. Like Roosevelt himself, we are trapped in Campobello which seems like a good place to vacation but not to base a film around.

John B Super Reviewer
Sep 12, 2010

Good old fashioned biography of FDR's struggle against polio and his journey back to the political arena. Good supporting performances and a handsome production add luster to this but the real strength of it is in the performances of Greer Garson as Eleanor and especially Ralph Bellamy in the best role he ever had as FDR. Wonderful ending.

jay n Super Reviewer