Ohjaus:
Stephen FrearsKäsikirjoitus:
Martin ShermanKuvaus:
Andrew DunnSävellys:
George FentonNäyttelijät:
Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, Christopher Guest, Anna Brewster, Rosalind Halstead, Toby Jones, Natalia Tena, Samuel Barnett, Patrick Kennedy (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (1)
Juonikuvaukset(1)
London, 1937 Mrs. Laura Henderson, a woman of wealth and connections, has just buried her beloved husband. And now she's bored. At 69, she is far too energetic and vital to fade into gentle widowhood. What she needs, says her friend Lady Conway, is a hobby. Collecting diamonds, perhaps? Or doing charitable works? But, to the shock of her friends she instead buys a theatre--the Windmill Theatre in the heart of Soho. She knows nothing about running it, so she hires a manager: enter Vivian Van Damm. Their love-hate relationship sparks fireworks--and historic innovations in British theatre. Van Damm's idea is 'Revuedeville' or non-stop entertainment. It is a first, and the Windmill is packed -- until other theatres copy it. Then it's Laura's turn to devise another first -- put naked girls on stage! But as the bombing of London begins, the government threatens to close the theatre. Mrs. Henderson's fighting spirit is revealed -- and so is the secret that drew her to the Windmill in the first place. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (3)
Members of the wealthy elite often feel the need to show their human face and gain the sympathy of those below them. Both the screenwriter and director try their best, but I cannot shake the intense feeling that I am watching a stubborn and arrogant lady who is capable of driving her Indian servant to desperation and trampling on her surroundings with the same passion with which she seized the opportunity to save the theater scene. I did not find a way to connect with the character portrayed by Judi Dench, and it was only slightly better with Bob Hoskins. Furthermore, the combination of patriotism and a brothel selling erotica does not seem all that kosher to me, and where the creators feel they have captured the strongest patriotic moment, I feel unsettled. Considering the environment in which the story takes place and the names the director has at his disposal, I see untapped potential. Overall impression: 55%.
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In Mrs. Henderson Presents, we get successful period piece by Stephen Frears about the glory years of the Windmill Theater, the famous nude revue theater that had a fascinating era in the 1930s and remained open during the wartime bombing of London. I am not surprised that it eventually became a musical piece, because the style of London follies is simply attractive.
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A superbly filmed and performed masterclass by Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. The characters other than the energetic, stubborn lady and the resolute impresario hardly matter, everything revolves around them, they are the two islands of security in war-torn London. And that’s not bad, at all.
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