The Hudsucker Proxy

Name: The Hudsucker Proxy
Director: Joel Coen
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1994
Cast: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, Paul Newman, Jim True-Frost

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Joel Coen• Director Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh Charles Durning Paul Newman Jim True-Frost John Mahoney Bill Cobbs Bruce Campbell Harry Bugin John Seitz

Who would love this

♥Fans of the Coen brothers' earlier, more stylized work, lovers of classic screwball comedies, those who appreciate intricate visual design and witty, rapid-fire dialogue, and viewers who enjoy films that are both intellectually stimulating and playfully absurd.

Who might not

✗Viewers who prefer naturalistic performances and dialogue, audiences looking for straightforward emotional narratives, and those who find overt stylistic choices and artificiality off-putting. Its initial critical reception suggests that those who prioritize conventional storytelling and emotional realism might find it lacking.

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What critics are saying about The Hudsucker Proxy

The Coen brothers are not shy about their love of movies: it shows up over and over again in their films, many of which are blatant homages to bygone genres. The Hudsucker Proxy is full of Golden Era references; the Coens clearly love these callbacks.The style is the point, the genre conventions, the coloratura performances by leading ladies like Hepburn, Lombard, Russell, Stanwick, and now Leigh. You’re not meant to want to know them, you’re meant to want to watch them walk a tightrope, and laugh when they inevitably tumble.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994): The Style is the Substance

Editor’s Note: “The Hudsucker Proxy” screens December 16 at midnight at IFC Center in New York City, in a nearly pristine 35mm print. For details, click here. A critical and box-office bomb when it came out in 1994, the big business comedy-fantasy “The Hudsucker Proxy” looks better and smarter by the year.The tone of “Hudsucker” is madcap, the scale epic, and the script is a pastiche of elements taken from filmmakers that the Coens adore but who wouldn’t ordinarily seem compatible (indeed, most critics argued that they still weren’t compatible).

30 Minutes on: “The Hudsucker Proxy” - Roger Ebert