Judi Dench rules (again) in the lopsided crowdpleaser `Victoria & Abdul`
(LA Times Movies)

The English director Stephen Frears has an affinity for odd-couple comedies, particularly whenever Judi Dench gets involved. Their prior collaborations include `Mrs. Henderson Presents` (2005), in which Dench played a wealthy widow enjoying a thorny rapport with a theater manager (Bob Hoskins),...