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HYDE PARK ON HUDSONMovie Reviews
Drama about the relationship between FDR and his distant cousin Daisy, which comes to light during a royal visit from the King and Queen of England. Cast:Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, Eleanor Bron, Blake Ritson, Martin McDougall, Tim Beckmann, Sam CreedDirector:Roger MichellRelease Date:December 7, 2012DVD Release:April 9, 2013From:Focus FeaturesRating:RLength:1 hr. 35 min.
Hyde Park on Hudson played in national release to fair reviews. • Moira Macdonald wrote in the Seattle Times, "...should be a slyly funny treat. It is, in places — but it's also strangely flat... You wish there were a little more to the movie, but what's there is pleasant enough." More Reviews Below...
Hyde Park on Hudson Positive Reviews (50 Reviews, reviews below)
Alynda Wheat, People: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...frustratingly uneven... the film focuses on a visit from Britain's reluctant monarch George VI and his wife, Elizabeth -- fans of 'The King's Speech' will be delighted..."(See all of Alynda Wheat's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 137 words, 12/06/12
Richard Corliss, Time: POOR "...tries to be simultaneously high- and low-minded, mixing affairs of state with affairs of the heart and other regions. The attempt fails... pretty consistently, dreadful."(See all of Richard Corliss's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,034 words, 09/12/12
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: WEAK(cg) "Bill Murray's subtly charming presence ends up being one of the stronger elements... a lightweight romance... has all the substance and insight of a lukewarm cup of tea."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 507 words, 12/06/12
Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "The dull romance goes nowhere.... Meanwhile, FDR's poilitics come off as a farce, as he smoothes over relations with the king of England via . . . a hot-dog picnic!"(See all of Mara Reinstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 126 words, 12/06/12
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: FAIR(cg) "Murray is approachable yet dignified... Olivia Williams plays the First Lady with the brusqueness of a harried food co-op manager. Poor Linney does what little she can..."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 231 words, 12/07/12
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: MODERATE(cg) "Murray's buoyant performance can't lift the leaden script by playwright Richard Nelson and the mis-direction of Roger Michell ('Notting Hill')."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 202 words, 12/07/12
Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "It can't be easy to address once-secret issues about a beloved national figure. But this unsavory movie should have done it with less mustard and more finesse..."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 521 words, 12/07/12
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: POOR(cg) "...bizarrely muddled... careens helplessly from oddly queasy love story to third-rate fish-out-of-water farce to murky romantic-intrigue fest and never hits a stride..."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 873 words, 12/03/12
James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Murray is an interesting choice to play the only man to live in the White House for more than two full terms.... [but] his scenes with Laura Linney's Daisy are stillborn."(See all of James Berardinelli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 652 words, 12/05/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (13 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "Roosevelt and his accomplishments scarcely register in this amorphous, bafflingly aimless movie.... his character remains vague, remote, more of a place holder..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 719 words, 12/07/12
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "It's up to Murray to carry the film, which he does with stately calm.... his finest moments here find Roosevelt effortlessly making connections."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 447 words, 12/07/12
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE(cg) "Bill Murray is a modest marvel as FDR.... [but] the movie is a lopsided drama that has a few captivating moments but can't muster the strength to stand on its feet."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 307 words, 12/21/12
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: WEAK "...a cool, collected, concise film -- to its detriment.... If the film can't be bothered to care for its characters, why should we?"(See all of Bilge Ebiri's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 742 words, 12/07/12
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "It's dispiriting that a film about the romantic life of FDR, who cultivated a small coterie of mistresses, should exhibit so little interest in what so engaged its hero: the women."(See all of Alan Scherstuhl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 12/05/12
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "Murray, whether flying in that car or pinioned in a wheelchair, is unflappability personified - such a knowing face with its sly tincture of irony."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 779 words, 12/14/12
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...alternately charming and unsettling... Upholstered in good taste, understatement and genteel reserve, it both celebrates and gently skewers aristocratic mores..."(See all of Ann Hornaday's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 679 words, 12/14/12
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...nimbly directed... Murray and Linney are terrific together (and apart), their notes pitch perfect, and the supporting cast is good all around."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 678 words, 12/13/12
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a film of fine parts and awkward passages... Murray here plays to and with his fellow actors in a performance of great warmth and maturity."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 480 words, 12/14/12
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...doesn't dig deep enough into the man, or his women, to be a great film. But it does give us a sense of that very different era, when so many things were utterly ignored..."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 692 words, 12/07/12
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "About the only thing that could have made Bill Murray seem less like Franklin Roosevelt here is if the movie showed him winning a lambada contest."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 59 words, 12/14/12
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...should be a slyly funny treat. It is, in places -- but it's also strangely flat... You wish there were a little more to the movie, but what's there is pleasant enough."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 338 words, 12/14/12
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: GOOD(cg) "Roger Michell is both too ambitious in the story he tries to tell and not ambitious enough in the way he tells it.... Murray makes a convivial but complex Roosevelt."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 395 words, 12/14/12
Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times: GOOD(cg) "Roger Michell gives this TMZ material the old Masterpiece Theater touch, with trysts among wildflowers, gauzy sentiment and hushed passion."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 469 words, 01/02/13
Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Despite the ping-ponging, Murray gives the film a center -- a complex, selfish, savvy and immensely warm if damaged man."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 297 words, 12/21/12
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: WEAK(cg) "...languid, tedious... never bothers to get to the heart of its characters... a shallow reading of a significant time told mostly from the viewpoint of a lifeless character."(See all of Connie Ogle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 558 words, 01/04/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (10 Reviews)
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "It's dispiriting that a film about the romantic life of FDR, who cultivated a small coterie of mistresses, should exhibit so little interest in what so engaged its hero: the women."(See all of Alan Scherstuhl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 12/05/12
Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: WEAK(cg) "The fact that the story's climactic moment revolves around whether or not the King will eat a hot dog tells you that this is not a serious drama of geo-political negotiation..."(See all of Katey Rich's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 617 words, 12/06/12
Jake Mulligan, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...it's all played for droll, knowing laughs. But most of the time it feels like an 'SNL' sketch with all the punchlines removed."(See all of Jake Mulligan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 148 words, 12/13/12
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...forgives Roosevelt's transgressions all too easily when it would be better off holding him accountable for the complicated, sometimes painful consequences of his actions."(See all of Nathan Rabin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 359 words, 12/06/12
Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters: WEAK(cg) "The film presumes you follow and even empathize with Daisy's feelings, for it spends precious little time indicating why Franklin is so enthralling."(See all of Cynthia Fuchs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 885 words, 12/05/12
Alison Willmore, Movieline: POOR(cg) "A dismal misfire... a sort of high-stakes comedy of manners, but it's one in which the extremely mannered are placed in contrast with the merely very mannered."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 854 words, 12/05/12
R. Kurt Osenlund, Slant: WEAK(cg) "...the movie vexingly glazes over the highly provocative content, with director Roger Michell preferring to whip the proceedings into as frothy a jaunt as possible."(See all of R. Kurt Osenlund's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 896 words, 09/25/12
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...there is nothing worse than a film good enough that you wish it were better... movies that let themselves fall into the lazily mediocre are frustrating..."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 890 words, 10/17/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (7 Reviews)
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: FAIR "...this is 1939, for goodness' sake, a fateful year in the history of the world... here we are learning more than we need to know about Roosevelt's seductive ways..."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 843 words, 12/07/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "Roosevelt and his accomplishments scarcely register in this amorphous, bafflingly aimless movie.... his character remains vague, remote, more of a place holder..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 719 words, 12/07/12
David Denby, New Yorker: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...never catches fire. It's capably made, but much too tame... Daisy, unfortunately, is of little interest.... Bill Murray handles F.D.R.'s paralysis with great skill."(See all of David Denby's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 573 words, 12/03/12
Linda Holmes, NPR: FAIR "...sort of a mess.... Murray's performance is largely wasted on the film as a whole.... It's all setting and no story, all beauty and no humanity."(See all of Linda Holmes's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 642 words, 09/10/12
Dana Stevens, Slate: WEAK "...a weird amalgamation of primness and prurience... has little more on its mind than hot dogs and hand jobs -- which would have made for a much catchier alliterative title."(See all of Dana Stevens's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 796 words, 12/06/12
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "I quite enjoyed the film while I was watching it, but ultimately it feels like a minor picture on purpose... it will be diverting to all and disturbing to almost none."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,357 words, 12/06/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a frequently tacky tell-all... serves both to humanize and scandalize its subject, whom Bill Murray makes immensely appealing, despite his flaws."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 865 words, 09/02/12
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...classy, mildly ribald... Murray captures FDR's wily side without overdoing it and brings him alive with humor, alertness, intelligence, a sense of confident composure..."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,150 words, 09/01/12
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...offers a considerable dramatic stretch for the supremely gifted Bill Murray... he almost (but not quite) pulls it off with his idiosyncratic interpretation."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 667 words, 09/08/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "Roosevelt and his accomplishments scarcely register in this amorphous, bafflingly aimless movie.... his character remains vague, remote, more of a place holder..."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 719 words, 12/07/12
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: FAIR "...this is 1939, for goodness' sake, a fateful year in the history of the world... here we are learning more than we need to know about Roosevelt's seductive ways..."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 843 words, 12/07/12
17.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Hyde Park on Hudson's reviews are separated by an average 17.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Hyde Park on Hudson's reviews cover 99.4% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 29,063 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 581 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Hyde Park on Hudson Coverage, Volume & Length (50 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 13 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Hyde Park on Hudson's reviews on average broke 13 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Hyde Park on Hudson's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Hyde Park on Hudson (50 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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