Mrs. Henderson Presents stars Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in this movie based on real business partners. Mrs. Henderson has been living in the shadow of her wealthy husband in India. They had lost their only son at age 21 in WW1. She returns to England a very wealthy, well connected widow. She finds the usual hobbies like embroidery and charity work boring so she buys a theater. Bob Hoskins becomes her show director. They have a very confrontational relationship. In order to sustain their initial success, the show has nudes in it and when WW2 breaks out, the show becomes very popular for the very young soldier.
The show is well acted and has both dramatic and funny parts. It was all quite enjoyable and I will rate it 4.5/5 acorns, even though it had no zombies or cyborgs.
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