The Hudsucker Proxy
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Movie Reviews of The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie Review: fumbling towards greatness
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Hudsucker Proxy" is one of the movies at the top of my "most underrated movies of all time" list. Besides being a wonderfully unique creation, it features top rate performances from its two stars, Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh.A comedic love story at is core, "The Hudsucker Proxy" takes on a lot of big issues in its own quirky way. The meaning of identity, the harshness of the world, the nature of creativity, and the evil of deception are all dealt with. Providential aid comes from the least likely source.
Leigh's interpretation of Ms. Archer is near perfect. She is humorous, unassured, witty, and fumbling all at the same time. The same could be said of Robbins, yet everything about Norville is driven by the fumbling part of his character.
Newman's Sidney is a scheming heartless antagonist. He is so evil that one can almost see the slime behind his eyes. Yet even the schemes of Sidney fall short due to incompetence.
At this point I must also mention that the Master, Bruce Campbell, makes an appearance in "The Hudsucker Proxy." Maybe the movie's greatest weakness is that his role is too limited. Then again, Campbell never gets enough screen time.
Whatever else one can say about The Coen brothers and Tim Robbins, this much is sure--they make great films. "The Hudsucker Proxy" is one of the greatest films any of them has made. I recommend it highly.
Movie Review: More sucker than Welles you Kane (cain't)
Summary: 5 Stars
The Coen Brothers had to go to the Wall of lamentations of Hollywood and remake Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane". How can you inherit the greatest fortune in the world and know about it when you are going to hit the sidewalk falling from the fifty-fifth or fifty-fourth floor, according to you counting or not the mezzanine. At this moment your life is suspended in mid air by one blonde hair of your ideal love affair, or love targeted prey, ,and that hair is the broom stick of a black janitor, which is niggardly indeed, and the denture of an old spook who refuses innovation in stock exchange managing. The whole film is a hoopla about nothing, a hula hoop or a budsucker straw. The whole film revolve around a conception of the press that is quite Kanesque, scandal, hidden secrets, false accusations and true insinuations, in one word pulp pulp and pulp again. And the newly made rich man is living his accident - becoming rich out of no logic - as if it were natural and did not require any thinking, pondering and brain exploration if not surgery, like in some cuckoo's nest of fame. And it even ends up with a marriage. Isn't it funny? Are the Coen Brothers growing romantic? Probably not, but sentimentally sarcastic for sure.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, CEGID
Movie Review: Sure, Sure
Summary: 5 Stars
THe Coen Brothers are absolutely perfect, i have given 5 stars to every movie they have made, except blood simple, and hudsucker is no exception. This is not necessarily a typical Coen movie, it has more of a whymsical and humorous side to it than the usual dark humour. This movie is closer to Raising Arizona or O brother where art thou. THIS IS NOT LIKE FARGO OR THE BIG LEBOWSKI, there is no swearing or graphic violence, I believe the movie is only pg. So i love the movie and it has a ton of memorable dialogue in it. Each character almost lives i ntheir own little universe, and the whole film is filled with wit and snappy dialogue. Not a drama, not a hilarious comedy, not action, not adventure. I don't know how to classify this film. It may prove to slow for some, becasue of the lack of action or hilarity. I'd say it moves like the Big Lebowski, scenes are full of talking and everything falls together nicely. AS for the DVD the film looks great, not phenomenal but better than a regular DVD, hell i would even call it semi phenominal. Plus it gives the option of full or widescreen...yeah! THe sound is fine, not mindblowing, but it doesn't drown out voices with the music and everything blends together well. What extras... not even a trailer. Fantastic movie with a great transfer on a bare bones dvd, but it's only 16.99
Movie Review: You know, for kids!
Summary: 5 Stars
(...) The Hudsucker Proxy is not a children's movie. Although some children, and particularly adults who are 'young at heart' will appreciate the antics of the title character (played superbly by Tim Robbins), the film is really for those who are fans of first-rate, rapid-fire dialogue, and sublte (often mislabelled as 'quirky') humor. OR fans of the Coen Brothers, OR of Tim Robbins. All are in their prime here.
(...), the true greatness of this movie is revealed in the fact that, while the story is engaging, and the portrayals are all spot-on for a comedic take on a story of innocence and corruption (not to mention it has Paul Newman), like Monty Python's work, there's a gem to be uncoverred in almost every single line of dialogue. Consequently, it just gets better and better with repeated viewings, and fans of quoting movies will have a treasure trove of useful one-liners on their hands.
My favorite scene? It's got to be the two over-worked, lunchbreak New York cabbies who narrate, in their own unique way, the scam-in-progress first meeting between our two main characters, seated across a diner from them, beginning with the line:
"Enter the Dame. There's one in every story..."
I've used that one many times myself.
Movie Review: trust me folks, it's a good one!
Summary: 5 Stars
Two things killed this movie at the box office when it was first released: first, its title. Americans didn't seem to know what a "proxy" was, much less a hudsucking one. The second was its time of release. The movie came out in May as an early summer release but was actually a movie that would have been better received at Christmas. "Jaws" is a prototypical summer film. "It's A Wonderful Life," by comparison, would hardly be a summer blockbuster but sets the perfect tone for the holiday season. Come back in twenty years and you will find that "The Hudsucker Proxy" IS the Frank Capra classic for a new generation. It is Capra meets "Metropolis" blended with the smart humor of the Coens. The casting is near perfect. Tim Robbins is the naive and goofy savant. Paul Newman is as wonderful a villain as you will find as the evil Sidney Mussberger. Only Jennifer Jason Leigh takes a bit of getting used to as the tough talking reporter but she will move you by movie's end. I've had to beg, plead, wheedle and cajole my friends through the years to watch this movie and not let themselves be turned off by its title. Thus far it's left no one disappointed.