Hyde Park On Hudson relies on two story lines that absolutely don't work, namely Roosevelt's secret life oozing naivety in its development, and the meeting between him and King George VI (the stutterer from The King's Speech) that doesn't live up to the expectations.
The scenario navigates between these two lines without looking to deepen one or the other, which entails a flagrant superficiality. The dialogues are boring and totally insipid, the constant voice-over from start to finish is unbearable and only brings heaviness, and more generally the cinematography as a whole is wobbly and hesitant.
There is not much positive to this movie, even Bill Murray seems unconvinced and does the bare minimum. How producers believed in such an empty and uninteresting project is beyond reason.
The scenario navigates between these two lines without looking to deepen one or the other, which entails a flagrant superficiality. The dialogues are boring and totally insipid, the constant voice-over from start to finish is unbearable and only brings heaviness, and more generally the cinematography as a whole is wobbly and hesitant.
There is not much positive to this movie, even Bill Murray seems unconvinced and does the bare minimum. How producers believed in such an empty and uninteresting project is beyond reason.