Tim Blake Nelson, Kathy Bates, David Paymer, Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon

A dramatization of Franklin D. Roosevelt's remarkable life, WARM SPRINGS stars British actor Kenneth Branagh as FDR. Joining Branagh in a glittering cast are SEX AND THE CITY star Cynthia Nixon as Ela...( read more  read more... )nor Roosevelt, Academy Award winner Kathy Bates, and MINORITY REPORT star Tim Blake Nelson. Having been elected three times and been president during World War II and the Great Depression, FDR has overseen some of the most important events in American history. Director Joseph Sargent teases some amazing performances from his leads as the story unfolds, making this a heartfelt tribute to the former president.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Release Date: April 30, 2005

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DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005

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  • September 11, 2007
    Although a bit slow at times, I found this to be an interesting history lesson about President Roosevelt's struggle with polio and the resulting paralysis.
  • June 26, 2009
    fantastic as far as I am concerned. so real for the times which we just read about. One does not know some things only what we read or the secrets that finally come out. Awesome man no matter what. And beside him the woman who made the man better.
  • April 18, 2009
    As warm as the titled SPRINGS! Brilliant and engaging.
  • April 1, 2009
    Everyone is flawless in this film. I caught it on HBO one day and couldn't stop watching it.
  • December 6, 2008
    This was actually a pretty good movie. True story about something I had no prior knowlege of (except that he had had pollio and was in a whelchair).

    Both main actors give good performances, especially Cynthia Nixon who muff-munching of the last several years has made her uniq...( read more)uely qualified to play a lesbianic Eleanor Roosevelt. Although, help me out here people, wasn't ER fat?

    Anyway, good movie, and you can DVR it off of HBO.

    Plus, fans of True Blood (I love it) will spot Nelsan "Lafayette Renoylds" Ellis.
  • December 3, 2008
    Kenneth Branagh is great as FDR in this film that explores one of our great presidents before he began his historic rise to the Presidency.
  • May 28, 2008
    Fantastically acted, very inspiring, moving story of FDR's struggle back from polio and the difference Warm Springs made to his life and the difference his involvement make in the treatment of the disease.
  • April 17, 2008
    Kathy Bates likes to hunt wombats by setting out cottage cheese under trees. When the wombat eats the cottage cheese, she falls out fo the tree crushing said wombat.
  • February 1, 2008
    Great story about the FDR many people didn't know.
  • October 24, 2007
    An inspiring film! Though it was slow in some scenes.

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