Not the Coen film you were expecting. This screwball comedy has plenty of well acted actors, well directed scenes, and a very decent setup, but doesn't take any of it seriously in the slightest.
A simple minded mailman (Tim Robbins) gets hired on as the president of the Hudsucker Proxy corporation after the old president (Charles Durning) commits suicide, not realizing that he's being used by board member Sidney Mussburger (Paul Newman) to scare the stock into becoming more cheap.
The style that's going on in this movie is so goofy and so out there, that it's hard not to be entertained. The performances are directed in such a fashion that they're going out of their way to drive every single stereotype into the ground that they can. Tim Robbins as a likable goof ball that screws everything up, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a fast talking news reporter, and Buzz, the elevator guy go to show how this film is kind of making fun of itself. It's clichéd, but I think it's trying to be.
Even though it has sentimental moments, it is not a film to take seriously in the slightest (you'll know what I mean in the climax). It's not that it's badly directed, it's just directed very strange. This is a film that the Coen brothers bet somebody that they'd make. I could not believe a film like this exists, but either way it's really entertaining, so if that's what you're going for, have at it.
A simple minded mailman (Tim Robbins) gets hired on as the president of the Hudsucker Proxy corporation after the old president (Charles Durning) commits suicide, not realizing that he's being used by board member Sidney Mussburger (Paul Newman) to scare the stock into becoming more cheap.
The style that's going on in this movie is so goofy and so out there, that it's hard not to be entertained. The performances are directed in such a fashion that they're going out of their way to drive every single stereotype into the ground that they can. Tim Robbins as a likable goof ball that screws everything up, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a fast talking news reporter, and Buzz, the elevator guy go to show how this film is kind of making fun of itself. It's clichéd, but I think it's trying to be.
Even though it has sentimental moments, it is not a film to take seriously in the slightest (you'll know what I mean in the climax). It's not that it's badly directed, it's just directed very strange. This is a film that the Coen brothers bet somebody that they'd make. I could not believe a film like this exists, but either way it's really entertaining, so if that's what you're going for, have at it.