THE PRESIDENT. THE FIRST LADY. THE KING. THE QUEEN. THE MOTHER. THE MISTRESS… ONE WEEKEND WOULD UNITE TWO GREAT NATIONS… AFTER COCKTAILS, OF COURSE.Ā
In the summer of 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) seduces his sixth cousin (Laura Linney) while also preparing to entertain the King and Queen of England at his New York country estate. There has been much speculation about whether or not Roosevelt and Daisy had an affair, but in these filmmakers’ hands a controversial romance becomes the tepid backdrop to the first British state visit to the U.S.. Entertaining at times, and Murray is good, but this is much too bland as a whole.
2012-Britain. 94 min. Color Widescreen.Ā Directed byĀ Roger Michell.Ā Cast:Ā Bill Murray (Franklin D. Roosevelt), Laura Linney (Margaret “Daisy” Suckley), Samuel West (George VI), Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Olivia Williams.
