Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 British biographical historical drama starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Margaret “Daisy” Suckley. It was based on Suckley’s private journals and diaries, discovered after her death, about her love affair with and intimate details about President Roosevelt.

In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one.

Critic Reviews:

• " The entire film is quite funny, in fact, nothing like the sort of stuffy period piece it's dressed up as. " – Jason Bailey

• " Murray is quite terrific here " – Richard Propes

• " This pleasant drama offers little further insight but will help pass a Sunday afternoon nicely. " – Francesca Rudkin