MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS -- aka -- Daycare for your Grandmother

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:28pm

Okay, call me a Scrooge, I really wanted to like this film but it was absolutely insufferable. A cute concept with a terrible script, elevated only by Judi Dench (lovely but not worthy of her customary Oscar nom). I couldn't wait for the film to be over and I was actually embarrassed for the actor playing the gay singer.

The good news is that this is a film that is perfect if you need to drop your grandmother off for a couple of hours to go hit a sale. The blue hairs (the only people in the theatre) loved it -even as they missed half the dialogue through the noise of their candy wrappers.

This film makes other "cute" Judi Dench fare like CHOCOLAT seem like CITIZAN KANE in comparison.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:39pm

The film doesn't try to be anything other than what it is. I loved it. Not one of the best pictures of the year - not by a mile - but certainly one of the most enjoyable and, surpisingly, uplifting films of the year. I think Dench is fully deserving of her nomination - no more or less than Benning was last year.

[Kringas]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:43pm

Hysterical, Michael Bennett. I actually want to see it more now.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:48pm

I agree with munk.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:48pm

What does Bob Hoskins' penis look like?

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:50pm

Oh my God - if MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS makes CHOCOLAT seem like CITIZAN KANE it makes BEING JULIA seem like THE GODFATHER, GONE WITH THE WIND and STAR WARS combined. Dench's role was hardly as meaty as Annette Bening's.

Bob Hoskin's penis looks old and shrivled. The singer looked pretty good naked - he's probably on manhunt if you look. Updated On: 2/3/06 at 10:50 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:53pm

The singer is a huge British pop star.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 10:58pm

Is he out or is he the Clay Aitkin of the UK?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:01pm

MB, you never fail to make me laugh!

I share your feelings about the film. It was pretty slight and pointless, but Judi Dench was adorable. You could see the jokes coming from a mile away, though.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:02pm

very out and very sexy:

http://www.will-youngonline.com/

go to the "cinema" on his site and watch "Friday's Child" and "Switch It On"

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:08pm

oh forgot ^

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:31pm

I thought the movie was good. Judi Dench was great. But, as far as the Oscars are concerned, I do think that there were other, more deserving, performances.

And...

Dench's role was hardly as meaty as Annette Bening's.

I agree. Updated On: 2/3/06 at 11:31 PM

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/3/06 at 11:42pm

The film would really only have been Oscar material if Mrs. Henderson had presented her hooters.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 12:29am

Such a bad movie, but so much fun!

[cmleidi]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 1:26am

MHP is fluff with some serious undertones. I enjoyed it, and I'm not even close to the "demographic" in the subject heading. Was it the best film of the year? No, but it was a fun way to spend 100 minutes, and I would rather see it again that suffer again through any scene in CRASH or MUNICH.

As for Bob Hoskins, he looked good for a 62 year old. I don't see how one can say his penis was shriveled as you don't get a close enough look at it unless you bring opera glasses. As Hoskins was not my type, I left them at home.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 3/2/06 at 1:35pm

Bump