Warm Springs

TV Movie
2005
Not Rated
2h 1m

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Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)

The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.

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7.4/10

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Won 5 Primetime Emmys
- 12 wins & 42 nominations total

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Trivia
Most of the actors and actresses playing disabled people in this movie are actually disabled, including "I Won't Dance" cast member Teal Sherer.

Goofs
In the opening scene, newsreel from the Democrat National Convention of 1920 shows FDR talking and people cheering as part of the film. Film with sound wasn't invented until 1927, and even then was quite rare until 1930 or 1931.

Quotes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: [on first arriving at Warm Springs] This place should be condemned!
Tom Loyless: We have seen better times. But then, I imagine, so have you.

Connections
Featured in Warm Springs: Making of Featurette (2005)

Soundtracks
I'll See You In My Dreams
Written by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn
Performed by Alice Faye
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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8/10

Convincing, engrossing, and thoroughly enjoyable

"Warm Springs" is a tour de force by Branagh who portrays FDR as a man of money and privilege who is struck down by polio in the early days of his political career. Unable to use his legs he begins to wallow in self pity until he visits a Georgia mineral water spa called Warm Springs where he finds honesty, compassion, kinship, and most of all himself, his wife, and a new sense of purpose. A very pretty period film with good production value, an excellent supporting cast, and sterling performances by Branagh and Nixon, "Warm Springs" would have made an enjoyable stand alone drama. The fact that it's also a biopic about FDR only serves to make it that much more interesting. Another winner for the whole family from HBO. (B+)