Hyde Park on Hudson Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 10016

Average Rating: 2.5/4

# of Ratings: 17

Theatrical Release Date: 12/07/2012

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/09/2013

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Romance

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Roger Michell

Actors: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel

Plot: While the king and queen of the UK visit upstate New York in 1939, President FDR engages in a love affair with his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley. -- Chris Kavan

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lastonetoleave - wrote on 12/30/2012

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Set in 1939, this film is about the love affair between President FDR (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Margaret Stuckley (Laura Linney). The backdrop of the film is the coming to America of King George IV (Samuel West) and the historic meeting at Hyde Park between the Roosevelt's and the King/Queen of England. This is an interesting film, especially since we get to see the behind-the-scenes workings of the FDR White House and how the press and others treated Roosevelt being confined to a wheel chair. While I liked Murray's performance (he has the smile down pat, but not the voice of FDR), it's Linney, as his shy distant cousin, whom we see grow more confident as she spends more and more time under the spell of FDR. While it's not the level of another …

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