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Hyde Park a royal ramble, but it works
Strong scenes, acting save historic tale of FDR and king
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From left, Olivia Williams as Eleanor Roosevelt, Laura Linney as Daisy, and Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt star in a scene from "Hyde Park on Hudson." - photo by Nicola Dove
“Hyde Park on Hudson” might be the strangest movie I recommend all year. The film is based on the diary and various papers of Margaret Stuckley, who went by “Daisy” (Laura Linney) and was a distant cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray). Throughout his presidency, FDR made extended, working visits to his mother’s home, dubbed Hyde Park, in upstate New York.