How this project wasn't scrapped after the first reading of the screenplay is a mystery to me. There is nothing about it of interest or consequence that would justify making it into a film.
Laura Linney plays a cousin of President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) who doesn't let minor details like FDR already being married prevent her from having an affair with him nor does she seem to encounter the slightest feeling of guilt about her actions. All it takes is for the lecherous President to place her hand on his crotch and she falls in love...
BUT when she finds out that she isn't the only woman having an affair with the President she acts like some heartbroken wife whose image of the man she loves has been shattered. How about that for selfish hypocrisy?
However this isn't the only problem with the film. All of the characters are either underwritten, unsympathetic or just downright boring.
Samuel West and Olivia Colman play King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as irritating buffoonish twits who argue about hot dogs. Inevitable comparisons between their roles and those of Colin Firth and Helena Bonham-Carter in The King's Speech will only serve to further highlight how poor this film really is.
This is awful from start to finish, I can't think of a single thing to recommend it and is definitely one to avoid.
Laura Linney plays a cousin of President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) who doesn't let minor details like FDR already being married prevent her from having an affair with him nor does she seem to encounter the slightest feeling of guilt about her actions. All it takes is for the lecherous President to place her hand on his crotch and she falls in love...
BUT when she finds out that she isn't the only woman having an affair with the President she acts like some heartbroken wife whose image of the man she loves has been shattered. How about that for selfish hypocrisy?
However this isn't the only problem with the film. All of the characters are either underwritten, unsympathetic or just downright boring.
Samuel West and Olivia Colman play King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as irritating buffoonish twits who argue about hot dogs. Inevitable comparisons between their roles and those of Colin Firth and Helena Bonham-Carter in The King's Speech will only serve to further highlight how poor this film really is.
This is awful from start to finish, I can't think of a single thing to recommend it and is definitely one to avoid.