Review of The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) by Dalia D — 28 Aug 2008
The Hudsucker Proxy, a kind of capitalist fairytale, pales in comparison with the Coen brothers' other movies, even though that's not quite fair. It suffers the most strongly for the Coen's magical inclination, but that aside, Tim Robbins and especially Jennifer Jason Leigh are flawless, the visuals (as usual) are pitch-perfect (the Hudsucker building, the Hudsucker boardroom, the Hudsucker logo, Norville Barnes' homemade prototype for the hula hoop: a plain circle printed on a yellowed, folded scrap of paper that he keeps in his shoe), and the scene in which Barnes is oriented with the mailroom is probably the greatest of its kind ever.
Really, I could do without narrator/magical clock-keeper Moses and his epic battle with the lurking door painter, and without the reappearance of Mr. Hudsucker as an angel, but a fairy tale's a fairy tale, and there's no reason for me to want this movie to be as real as Fargo.
So I'll quit nitpicking.
This review of The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) was written by Dalia D on 28 Aug 2008.
The Hudsucker Proxy has generally received positive reviews.
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