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Henrys Crime
2011
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Henrys Crime
Positive Reviews
10
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
2.5
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1.5
Venville doesnt quite stamp his authority on the material, never finding the snappy rhythm that might have injected more snap and crackle into the pro ..
Screen Daily
2.5
Whats needed is someone nervous to play Henry. A Steve Buscemi, for example. Reeves maintains a sort of Zen detachment.
Rogerebert
2.0
And youve got to wonder: What the hell did poor Anton Chekhov ever do to deserve this
Film Journal
3.1
Yet if Henrys Crime is occasionally too pleased with itself, its also pleasantly unpredictable, and it has a trio of sweet hambone performances at its ..
Boston
3.0
The sheer daftness of the scheme is presumably all part of the films kooky, offbeat charm, and sometimes it is pretty funny.
Guardian
2.0
Directed by the British film maker who made the recent cockney gangland drama 44 Inch Chest, Henrys Crime has the same basic plot as Woody Allens Smal ..
Guardian
2.5
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 107 minutes Limited Release Date 04/08/11 performer Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga director Malcolm Ven ..
Ew
3.0
An offbeat comedy/drama elevated by another terrific Varmiga turn.
Empire
2.0
This movie is billed as a comedy, and there are a few very funny moments (provided solely by Farmiga and Caan).
Common Sense Media
2.5
Henrys Crime is a movie that eschews the details and tries to get by on charm, and it does have charm just not enough to get by.
Sf Gate
1.3
This farrago of indie quirk and classic screwball tropes develops no momentum in either mode, jerking to occasional life in bits of criminal action be ..
Slant Magazine
2.0
It ambles along in an amiable enough fashion and boasts a starry cast but it leaves such a modest impression that you begin to wonder if it ambled at ..
Express
3.2
This shaggy dog story just doesnt hold together, but Reeves charms as the deadpan hub of a wacky wheel...James Caan, as Henrys cellmate Max, is terrif ..
Reeling Reviews
3.0
Neither funny enough to be an out and out comedy nor tense enough to work as a thriller, Venville instead cuts between the heist and opening night in ..
Total Film
2.5
Despite entertaining performances from Vera Farmiga and James Caan, audiences will be confused by the intentions of Malcolm Venville directed film.
Hollywood Reporter
1.0
But wait it gets worse.Theres virtually no tone to the film; it moves along at an excruciatingly boring pace as its comatose characters interact with ..
Hollywood
3.2
Although the storyline is flawed, the wonderful performances from James Caan, Vera Farmiga and yes even Keanu Reeves are reason enough to see this mov ..
Coles Mithey
2.5
But theres only so much life anyone could breathe into this inert caper.
Los Angeles Times
3.1
And while it is subsequently a little disappointing to note that the film ultimately does settle into a rather conventional groove, Henrys Crime remai ..
Reel Film
3.1
(The whole thing could have made a terrific Alec Guinness comedy, about 50 years ago.).But at least it still provides, in the midst of its big bank he ..
Nj
2.8
Im not sure the film ever rises above a medium simmer, dramatically or comically speaking, but it deserves recognition just for trying something that ..
Oregon Live
2.5
Though the movie has some engagingly quirky moments, everything falls into place far too easily for much suspense to build, and the romance between th ..
New York Post
3.5
But it is satisfying and entertaining in ways that too few big budget films (Arthur
Hollywood And Fine
2.5
Ludicrous plot turns makes Reeves wooden acting the least of the films issues.
Washington City Paper
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