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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) 5.7
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5.7/10 from 3,610 users
Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 67 user | 198 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. Director:Roger MichellWriter:Richard Nelson |
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In 1930s Hudson Valley, Margaret "Daisy" Suckley is reacquainted with her distant cousin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to help him relax at his family estate. That aid soon develops into much more as they become lovers. That puts Daisy in a unique position as Roosevelt receives the King and Queen of Britain in 1939 for a visit. As the Royal couple copes with the President's oddly plebeian arrangements, Daisy learns that there is far more to Roosevelt's life than she realized. With the world about to be set ablaze by war, friendships are struck and perspectives are gained on that special weekend that would make all the difference with a great, but very human, president. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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The President. The First Lady. The King. The Queen. The Mother. The Mistress...One weekend would unite two great nations...After cocktails of course.Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 February 2013 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
A Royal Weekend See more »Filming Locations:
London, England, UKBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$81,362 (USA) (7 December 2012)Gross:
$6,367,780 (USA) (22 March 2013)Company Credits
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The third major release in as many years to feature King George VI "Bertie" as a character: The King's Speech in 2010 played by Colin Firth, W.E. in 2011, played by 'Lawrence Fox (I)', and this movie in 2012 where he is played by Samuel West. See more »Goofs
The Navy bandsmen playing during dinner are dressed as officers--bandsmen in the Navy are enlisted sailors. The conductor of the band would have been an officer or warrant officer, but not the bandsmen. See more »Quotes
FDR: We think they see all our flaws. But, that's not what they are looking to find when they look to us.See more »
I don't get all the negativity directed at this film. I thought it was charming and witty. History is rarely so much fun.
The story is simple enough. On the eve of World War II King George VI and his wife journey to the US to see President Roosevelt at his family's Hyde Park retreat hoping to secure American support against Nazi Germany. The FDR we see here isn't the Great Depression/war leader he's a weary man battling polio and trying to find solace in relationships with a distant cousin among others.
Bill Murray gives an amazing performance humanizing the 32nd president an avid stamp collector who during this period when another European war appeared inevitable was more likely to find himself seeking peaceful coexistence between his dominating mother and estranged wife, Eleanor. Laura Linney is Margaret Suckley an unassuming, humble cousin who becomes a regular visitor to the retreat at the time of the royal visit. Samuel West and Olivia Colman are a convincing King and Queen making the first visit in history to the US by a British monarch. I found "Hyde Park On the Hudson" a delightful little film and the 95 minutes flew by leaving me wishing for more.