Normally, I'm very wary of watching a Coen brothers film. They're usually very good (Raisin' Arizona, Fargo), or very bad (O' Brother, Where Art Thou, The Ladykillers). But the only film I had never seen from them after all these years was "The Hudsucker Proxy." Unfortunately for me, I wish I had seen this much earlier. I thought it was very clever, and I'm surprised Jennifer Jason Leigh wasn't nominated for her role. As someone earlier noted, I thought this performance was more in homage to Katherine Hepburn than Rosalind Russell (as one of the bullets in the "Trivia" section noted that Leigh was given Russell as her inspiration). Sure, Russell's role in "His Girl Friday" might have been the inspiration, but accent, mannerisms, delivery of lines etc. is definitely more Hepburn than Russell. Or should I say more like Cate Blanchett from "The Aviator"? Finally, I felt I needed to comment on Mr. Moo's message on June 24, 2004, where he says, among other things, "In the beginning, there were silent films. Charlie Chaplin made some, and generally speaking, they were rubbish." That is perhaps one of the dumbest comments I've ever seen made on an IMDb board. I couldn't finish reading his comment...there was zero credibility at that point.
Review of The Hudsucker Proxy
