Mrs. Henderson Presents is a 2005 British comedy drama film helmed by Stephen Frears. The movie follows a wealthy widow, Mrs. Laura Henderson, in post-war London. Bored and restless, she seeks a new ...

"Mrs. Henderson Presents" could have been great if its script and direction were as strong as its two excellent leads, Bob Hoskins and Dame Judi Dench, who got an Academy Award nomination for the role ...

One of the occupational hazards of film criticism is that the reviewer risks forgetting the art of watching movies for its own sake, to see them in the manner the filmmakers intended audiences to see ...

In pre-World War II London, Mr. Henderson dies leaving his wife a large fortune and all the time in the world to spend it. In order to overcome her grief, Mrs Henderson, who has never worked a day in ...

After a bitter parting from the Walt Disney last year, brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein have launched their own film company, the Weinstein Brothers. One of the company's first films, Mrs. Henderson ...

The studied British theatricality and sharp wit of Mrs. Henderson Presents are likely to make it a favorite among nostalgiaphiles, theater buffs, and the tea-and-crumpets set. Sailing along on the ...

An unassuming backstage yarn, Mrs. Henderson Presents overcomes several obstacles—not the least of which are its torpid title and inevitable comparisons to Topsy-Turvy—to win our jaded hearts with its ...