Every Friday The Takeaway’s Movie Date team, Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer, share their thoughts on the major film releases of the week.
The holiday season always includes a number of big films, and this year is no exception. Kristen and Rafer review the star-packed romantic comedy “Playing for Keeps,” the Bill Murray-led FDR biopic “Hyde Park on Hudson,” and Ed Burns’s new holiday film, “The Fitzgerald Family Christmas.”
Though Rafer thought “Playing for Keeps” had some redeeming qualities, Kristen couldn’t believe he had any good things to say about this movie. “I thought the title should have been, how to be a lousy father, a crappy husband, an egotistical maniac, and still get everything you want in life.”
“Hyde Park on Hudson” offered more entertainment, though – and Bill Murray’s performance in particular. “He wasn’t mimicking FDR, he was channeling him in some sort of way, if that makes sense,” Kristen says.
The story you just read is available to read for free because thousands of listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Every day, the reporters and producers at The World are hard at work bringing you human-centered news from across the globe. But we can’t do it without you: We need your support to ensure we can continue this work for another year.
When you make a gift of $10 or more a month, we’ll invite you to a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our newsroom to thank you for being with The World.