A great little flick about being in the right place at the wrong time. Tim Robbins was phenomenal in The Shawshank Redemption as a seemingly simple guy who turns out to be a genius. In The Hudsucker Proxy he plays a simple guy who’s, well… actually a genius. It just so happens that Norville Barnes (Robbins) is on his way to pitch his new idea to the Hudsucker toy company when the president commits suicide. Long story short, he is perceived as being so dumb that he can easily be put in the position as a proxy while the less than scrupulous Sidney Mussberger makes plans for a company takeover. A quite enjoyable sequence of events takes place, as you can imagine. The film has a certain charm and stylistic quality to it that only appears every so often. A recommended watch, for sure.

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