...and in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

Dench could have strolled through this lightweight period comedy about a rich woman who buys a run-down theater, but instead she engages co-star Bob Hoskins in delicately ferocious comic byplay. Even when the dialogue is silly, Dench's comic haughtiness is hilarious. —KT

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