I decided that since my blogs were become more and more
mopey I should perhaps watch something light, to brighten my mood. Which led me
to this film but obviously I didn’t read what it was about and it turned out to not be as light as I had imagined. Mrs Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) loses her husband and
decides that in order to avoid boredom she will buy a theatre. She does
exactly that and with Vivian Van Damm’s (Bob Hoskins) help her theatre becomes
a hit. In order to draw in the crowds she proposes that the women are naked
through the shows. This obviously works and her shows are a constant sell-out. This
happens with the Blitz occurring which adds quite a sombre note to it all.
As I said, I was looking for a light film that wouldn’t
require much thought. The film opened on a funeral, however, so I clearly made
a mistake. The funeral was closely followed by Judi Dench sobbing on a boat in
the middle of a river. She is quite the actress, the minute her voice cracks at
different points in the film I just burst into tears. And I don’t use the word
often enough but she was perfectly feisty almost the entire way through.
I don’t have too much to say about the film itself. It did
manage to stay quite light-hearted despite what was happening around them and
that was great. I would say though, I was not quite ready to see Bob Hoskins’
penis. It just completely took me by surprise and I feel I should warn you, if
you choose to watch it.
7/10
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