Henry's Crime (2010) :: Reviews

silver	Haha (2018-02-11 12:44:21)
Forum Posts: 82 Comments: 4 Reviews: 21	Great comedic timing from most of the actors. It is charming.
Misty	a story within story (2015-01-29 01:35:02)
Forum Posts: 67 Comments: 2 Reviews: 5	You can watch it over and over again and still find something new!
AdriannaM.	My Henry's Crime Review for IMDB and Netflix (2010-10-28 23:02:39)
Forum Posts: 424 Comments: 24 Reviews: 1	Henry’s Crime is about an unfulfilled man who is used as a patsy in a bank heist and is wrongly imprisoned. He figures since he did the time, he might as well do the crime and he happens upon an unusually accommodating gateway to the bank vault. Things become complicated when he is hit by a car by a local play actress and falls in love with her. I got the impression of classic Hollywood reminiscence within the romance aspect which portends to a beautiful and passionate resolution. The humor is quietly facetious and amenable but the ludicrous situations keep it from drying out. The main character Henry, played by Keanu Reeves leads an unfulfilled existence with nebulous ambitions and seemingly incurable apathy. The accidental imprisonment of his body leads inexorably to the liberation of his spirit. His mentor in prison, played by James Caan and his romance with a local play actress played by Vera Farmiga help guide him to his destined self-discovery. The movie’s plot is also ingeniously juxtaposed with a play by Anton Chekhov, considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. Eventually elements from the bank job, the play and the romance all begin to culminate into a fervent conclusion. Keanu Reeves is brilliant in his restraint and in his dexterity especially in roles where he emerges from dispassionate stoicism and opens the emotional floodgates slowly with control and precision. His style, subtle, graceful yet bold and veracious lends itself perfectly to this character.