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| Apr 08, 1994Deseret News
Despite the familiarity of that plot, nothing about ``The Hudsucker Proxy'' is predictable.
Leigh is also delightful, as are a number of supporting players, most notably Durning.
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| Mar 25, 1994Washington Post
Another ultra-stylized movie-about-movies by the Cannes-winning Coen Brothers, "Hudsucker" is clever but cold, a heartless mechanical gizmo.
So the technically perfect "The Hudsucker Proxy" has a dazzling retro-futuristic look, but too little of the human exuberance and charm that made their beloved '40s films so enduring and endearing.
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| Mar 25, 1994Washington Post
If something brilliant is happening in "The Hudsucker Proxy" -- and you're meant to believe that it is -- it's apparent only to Ethan and Joel Coen.
Hudsucker," which stars Tim Robbins, Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh, is so full of busy, smart-aleck construction, producer Ethan Coen should have applied for a building permit.
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Chicago Sun-Times
And "Hudsucker" is a pleasure to regard.
Angel: This is the best-looking movie I've seen in years, a feast for the eyes and the imagination.
Devil: But the problem with the movie is that it's all surface and no substance.
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TV Guide Entertainment Network,
Beautifully designed and costumed, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY is a curiously arid movie, clever without being witty.....One could blame the performances, which are almost all too broad, but the real trouble lies elsewhere:.... ... Full Review
Edinburgh U Film Society
The film is a visual treat, with sequences such as the production and sale of Norville's Big Idea and the Laughing Heads being particularly memorable.
The computer effects (by a British company, no less) are excellent and complement the overall style of the film, unlike other modern efforts where the effects are the style of the film.
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Baltimore City Paper
Joe Brown, The Washington Post The reasons why I love what is perhaps Joel and Ethan Coen's least loved film, the 1994 box-office bomb The Hudsucker Proxy , boil down to one gag.
You could argue that such a windfall would be better spent, oh, curing disease or feeding the hungry or teaching kids to read, and you'd be right.
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Variety
must certainly establish the Coens among the most imaginative and supple craftsmen of the cinema.....William Cobbs has some wonderful moments as the man who runs Hudsucker's giant clock....Throughout, the rhythms of Thom Noble's editing are extraordinary, the montage on a par with just about any classic examples..... ... Full Review