Mrs Henderson Presents
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: December 9, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
VarietyDavid Rooney
A bigscreen feature executed with a cookie-cutter small-screen sensibility, this often charming but untextured fact-based period piece is buoyed along by the redoubtable Judi Dench. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Watching this reasonably funny, professionally assembled calculation is a little like snuggling up in front of the television with a mug of hot cocoa and a warm blanket. Those who prefer their drinks and recreation spiked would do well to look elsewhere. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
A rather schizophrenic comedy that gives respected performers Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins a chance to show they don't take themselves too seriously. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
This makes for a friendly romp, and also a dull one. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Stephen Frears has had more downs than ups of late, but I would never have thought the man responsible for "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "The Grifters" capable of stooping to pap as pappy as this unbearably chipper take on the real-life story of Laura Henderson. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
It says something that during a scene in which nude chorines are turned into a fleshy backdrop, you spend as much time looking at your watch as what's on screen. Read full review
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