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(1 - 30) of 30 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "Mrs Henderson's irrepressible dominance ensures that all the other characters in her orbit seem static and soulless, not unlike the girls in the theatre's nude tableaux."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel C+ "Mrs. Henderson Presents bestows Dench with a distinctive role, and her feisty enthusiasm saves the picture from becoming obese with narrative ambition."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf C+ "Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 2/5 "Frears' lazy directing and Sherman's meandering script insistently go for the safe, for the cozy, each and every time the film shows a glimmer of potential."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti 2/4 "...Oscar bait..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "I'm tempted to borrow one of Mrs. Henderson's lines and call the film a "frivolous distraction" except a "frivolous Oscar bid" is more like it."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 3/5 "Una comedia dramática con iguales dosis de picardía y emotividad, sostenida en dos buenas actuaciones de Judi Dench y Bob Hoskins."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "A humorous, daft little film about a humorous, daft little lady."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "One's left with the feeling that Frears, Dench and Hoskins are coasting here in a film whose occasional modest pleasures evaporate before the final credits begin to roll."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A smashing performance by Judi Dench as an upper-class London widow who finds a new lease on life that arouses both her spirit and her spunk."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "It comes highly recommended and is right at home in the company of other end-of-the-year 'prestige' pictures."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "As the story's disjointed perspective widens the energy dwindles and the film loses focus."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "Acknowledges the public's omnipresent taste for naked ladies in a tasteful fashion ... This sounds funny, and it is."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/5 "Deftly balancing both the laughs and the tears, Frears' film is uplifting and engrossing."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 6/10 "Ultimately too light to be remembered for more than a day or two after you see it, largely in part to the stalled story that appears more than happy to spin its wheels until Dench and Hopkins get to make their big "for your consideration" speeches in the"   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick " Nobody gets such wholesome pleasure out of taking off their clothes in movies as the English."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 3.5/5 "a thoroughly enjoyable film"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "Dench keeps a lid on her performance, not pushing the comedy over the top, so that behavior that would seem cutely impish in another has the more appealing sparkle of subverted refinement."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "The live nude girls notwithstanding, this is the Dench and Hoskins show, and they both rise to the occasion -- bickering, bantering and sniping at each other with genteel glee."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B- "Naked ladies may be the enticement, but the main attraction of Mrs. Henderson Presents is Dench and Hoskins squabbling like the old married couple that they aren't."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 9/10 "This is a film whose strongest suit is its dialog and some charming characters. You could do much worse for a holiday season film."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2/4 "Even in its finest hour, still a sad little movie about the guilty thrill of ogling nudity"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 4/5 "It's a simple plot, really, but a feisty tone and prickly characters bring it energetically to life"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "Mainly an excuse for the entertainment industry to toot its own horn, again."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- ""Mrs. Henderson Presents" is an old fashioned, plucky British-stiff-upper-lip-during-thye-blitz movie that does a lovely job in creating a look and feel reminiscent of the period it portrays."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "By the end of the picture, you're left marveling at how [Director] Frears has kept the whole thing so crisp and so fun."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 10/10 "It's a classy, laugh-out-loud crowd pleaser with dual tour-de-force performances by Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 1.5/4 "If you squint even a bit, you could swear that Miramax is alive and well."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/5 Read review   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 30) of 30 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1