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In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West, 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. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Laura Linney), Franklin's distant cousin, neighbor, and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but, for Daisy - and through her, for us all - a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.
This movie was one of the biggest snoozefests I've seen in a long long time. I had absolutely zero interest 30 minutes in and was nodding off so I turned it off. It kills me to see how much Bill Murray sucks in his movies now. Can he please go back to just making a comedy or playing a regular acting role?
I wouldn't recommend anyone wasting one minute watching this movie. Unless you are having trouble sleeping. If that's the case - you should put this on. Better than Nyquil.
