"Mrs. Henderson Presents" could have been great if its script and direction were as strong as its two excellent leads, Bob Hoskins and Dame Judi Dench, who got an Academy Award nomination for the role ...

Mrs. Henderson Presents is a 2005 British comedy drama film helmed by Stephen Frears. The movie follows a wealthy widow, Mrs. Laura Henderson, in post-war London. Bored and restless, she seeks a new ...

An unassuming backstage yarn, Mrs. Henderson Presents overcomes several obstacles—not the least of which are its torpid title and inevitable comparisons to Topsy-Turvy—to win our jaded hearts with its ...

No one does haughty imperiousness like Judi Dench, who slings witticisms from on high like lightning bolts from Zeus, but with a certain bored apathy, as if she can barely be bothered to insult those ...

With a yawner of a title like "Mrs. Henderson Presents," you might think you're in for two hours of Masterpiece Theater. But you haven't met Mrs. Henderson. The film is inspired by true events, and ...

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.

With a yawner of a title like “Mrs. Henderson Presents,” you might think you’re in for two hours of Masterpiece Theater. But you haven’t met Mrs. Henderson. The film is inspired by true events, and ...

Drama. Starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, William Young, Kelly Reilly and Thelma Barlow. Directed by Stephen Frears. Rated R About Contact Services Account Drama. Starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, ...

Casting has been announced for the West End production of Mrs Henderson Presents which opens at the Noel Coward Theatre in February. The cast will be completed by Sarah Bakker, Andrew Bryant, Rhiannon ...

One of the occupational hazards of film criticism is that the reviewer risks forgetting the art of watching movies for its own sake, to see them in the manner the filmmakers intended audiences to see ...