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Henry Fool Reviews

1998

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Hartley has crafted here what many consider to be his crowning achievement: a sprawling epic of a story that tackles any and everything he decides to mock, satirize, or challenge. Simon is a factory worker who lives with his nymphomaniac sister and manic depressive mother. Along comes Henry Fool, a convicted sexual offender who .. Read more

Starring	Parker Posey, James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan, Maria Porter
Director	Hal Hartley
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- Looser, more expansive and certainly more scatological than Hartley's earlier work, this very funny, finally touching... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 07 May 2009 at 03:43
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- - 28
  - 0
  Hilarious, touching, unexpected black comedy!
  
  I first saw this film in 1998. Since then I've probably seen it about ten more times and I'm not really ... read more »
  
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  - Jo H
  - Somerset, England
  - 22 Jan 2007 at 08:31
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- - 0
  - 0
  life is life
  
  Ex sex offender meets factory worker and makes him into great poet. It's all family business in this tale of Henry and Grim.
  
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- 975989
- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Mar 2011 at 19:43
- - 2
  - 5
  Overblown
  
  Theatre in the movies - supposed philosophical depth that escaped me! Too much hard work for my current tastes. I prefer a great plot, not something I need to ... read more »
  
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- - Ninjina
  - 1 review
  - Gloucester
  - 14 Jan 2010 at 20:04
- - 4
  - 0
  Henry Fool
  
  at first I found this film a bit slow and thought Henry Fool was just an annoying fantasist. However, I didn't switch off as I became more and more ... read more »
  
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- - FortyNiner
  - 1 review
  - Pulborough, West Sussex
  - 06 Dec 2009 at 18:15
- - 0
  - 3
  Weird
  
  I was tense due to anticipation of something really nasty in this film. We switched it off in the end and never bothered to watch it. It was creepy. Not my ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 03 Nov 2009 at 18:10
- - 3
  - 0
  Haunting
  
  Don't watch this first. Hartley has worked up to this, and you should too. The Unbelievable Truth is your way in.
  
  Hartley's music, ... read more »
  
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- 821842
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - abingdonfilmlover
  - 70 reviews
  - Abingdon
  - 16 Oct 2009 at 20:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Not as good as other Hartley films
  
  Compared to other Hartley films, Henry Fool wasn't as good. Still, it's a Hartley film and still enjoyable.
  
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- 809630
- - JGP
  - 8 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 11 Sep 2009 at 21:57
- - 5
  - 0
  Could become a classic
  
  A wholly American film which reminds one of the great literature that land has produced, in particular that of Mark Twain. The Henry Fool of the title is is a ... read more »
  
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- 793723
- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 04 Aug 2009 at 19:08
- - 3
  - 0
  Flawed. Beguiling. Unique.
  
  If you're into Hal Hartley, you'll stick the very difficult first half hour. If not, this is perhaps not the place to start getting aquainted - I'd... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 513591
- - themustgethere
  - 25 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jan 2008 at 00:13
- - 28
  - 0
  Hilarious, touching, unexpected black comedy!
  
  I first saw this film in 1998. Since then I've probably seen it about ten more times and I'm not really ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 404688
- - Jo H
  - Somerset, England
  - 22 Jan 2007 at 08:31
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 28
  - 0
  Hilarious, touching, unexpected black comedy!
  
  I first saw this film in 1998. Since then I've probably seen it about ten more times and I'm not really ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 404688
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Jo H
  - Somerset, England
  - 22 Jan 2007 at 08:31
- - 5
  - 0
  Could become a classic
  
  A wholly American film which reminds one of the great literature that land has produced, in particular that of Mark Twain. The Henry Fool of the title is is a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 793723
- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 04 Aug 2009 at 19:08
- - 4
  - 0
  Henry Fool
  
  at first I found this film a bit slow and thought Henry Fool was just an annoying fantasist. However, I didn't switch off as I became more and more ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 837633
- - FortyNiner
  - 1 review
  - Pulborough, West Sussex
  - 06 Dec 2009 at 18:15
- - 3
  - 0
  Flawed. Beguiling. Unique.
  
  If you're into Hal Hartley, you'll stick the very difficult first half hour. If not, this is perhaps not the place to start getting aquainted - I'd... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 513591
- - themustgethere
  - 25 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jan 2008 at 00:13
- - 3
  - 0
  Haunting
  
  Don't watch this first. Hartley has worked up to this, and you should too. The Unbelievable Truth is your way in.
  
  Hartley's music, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 821842
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - abingdonfilmlover
  - 70 reviews
  - Abingdon
  - 16 Oct 2009 at 20:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Not as good as other Hartley films
  
  Compared to other Hartley films, Henry Fool wasn't as good. Still, it's a Hartley film and still enjoyable.
  
  Report this review
- 809630
- - JGP
  - 8 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 11 Sep 2009 at 21:57
- - 0
  - 0
  life is life
  
  Ex sex offender meets factory worker and makes him into great poet. It's all family business in this tale of Henry and Grim.
  
  Report this review
- 975989
- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Mar 2011 at 19:43
- - 0
  - 3
  Weird
  
  I was tense due to anticipation of something really nasty in this film. We switched it off in the end and never bothered to watch it. It was creepy. Not my ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 827474
- - a customer
  - England
  - 03 Nov 2009 at 18:10
- - 2
  - 5
  Overblown
  
  Theatre in the movies - supposed philosophical depth that escaped me! Too much hard work for my current tastes. I prefer a great plot, not something I need to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 849249
- - Ninjina
  - 1 review
  - Gloucester
  - 14 Jan 2010 at 20:04

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- Henry Fool
  
  Hartley has crafted here what many consider to be his crowning achievement: a sprawling epic of a story that tackles any and everything he decides to mock, satirize, or challenge. Simon is a factory worker who lives with his nymphomaniac sister and manic depressive mother. Along comes Henry Fool, a ...