Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
7 December 2012 (USA)

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The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. 
Director: Roger Michell
Writer: Richard Nelson
Stars: Bill Murray, Laura Linney and Olivia Williams
Opening this weekend, in limited release, is director Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson. The film stars Bill Murray as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and centers on a weekend in 1939 which marked the first ever visit to America by a British monarchy when King George VI (Samuel West) and Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Coleman) visited FDR’s upstate New York cottage. The monarchs’ concerns over German aggression must compete with Roosevelt’s wife (Olivia Williams), mother and cousin Daisy (Laura Linney), who are all vying for attention
During the press day I got to speak with Linney. We talked about how she got involved in the project, what it was like working with Bill Murray, whether playing a real person made her more nervous, how she prepared for the role, and more 
Hyde Park on Hudson," the new film starring Bill Murray as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, opens in theaters Friday in limited release and critics are mostly split on the film about FDR and his wife hosting the King and Queen of England for a weekend. Set in 1939, the film follows the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. The film also stars Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams.
The film received a 44 percent on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. A majority of critics praised Murray's performance, but found fault with the material. Claudia Puig of USA Today: "A romance that grows out of admiration over a stamp collection is about as boring as it sounds." Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times: "Though he has competition, especially from the folks playing the visiting royals, Murray is very much the reason to see "Hyde Park."

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Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal: "Mr. Murray gives a fascinating performance, even though his FDR was conceived and written as a fairly small guy at the center of a small film that, for all its considerable charm, miniaturizes its hero in the process of humanizing him."
Tod McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter: "Bill Murray as FDR? It takes a few minutes to get used to, but once he settles into the role of the 32nd president, the idiosyncratic comic actor does a wonderfully jaunty job of it in Hyde Park on Hudson, a seriocomic look at an eventful weekend at the chief executive's country estate as well as at his unusual domestic arrangement."

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