London, 1937. Mrs Laura Henderson, a woman of wealth and connections, has just buried her beloved husband. And now she's bored. At 69, she is far too energetic and vital to fade into gentle widowhood.

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 ...

Recently widowed well-to-do Mrs. Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) is at a bit of a loose end in inter-war London. On a whim, she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades ...

"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 ...

No one does haughty imperiousness like Judi Dench, who slings witticisms from on high like lightning bolts from Zeus, but with a certain bored apathy, as if she can barely be bothered to insult those ...

Stephen Frears disappoints with the bland imprint he leaves on "Mrs. Henderson Presents." A bigscreen feature executed with a cookie-cutter small-screen sensibility, this often charming but untextured ...

Mrs. Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) may be a widow but she is by no means going to spend the rest her days playing bridge. The Windmill Theater becomes her game and the infamous showman Vivian Van Dam ...

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 ...