Who would ever think a movie with such talented actors could go so wrong? Mrs Henderson's friend comments that women in their eighth decade are very similar to adolescents. That rings too true in this case. Mrs Henderson is boring and implausibly shallow. The sparks between her and Vivian Van Damme, played by Hoskins, are artificial and unpersuasive. None of the characters develops in any interesting way. The struggle to keep the revue open against sporadic and apparently random opposition by the Lord Chamberlain is not enough to sustain the story. The motivations of the filles de tableaux are not explored. No tension ever being created, there is none to be resolved. Ugh.
Review of Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(2005)
No character development, no dramatic tension, no story arc
11 March 2006