"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

No theatre has taken the phrase "the show must go on" as seriously as London's Windmill Theatre did during World War II. Even though German bombs rained on the city almost nightly, the plucky Windmill ...

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 ...

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 ...