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Regarding Henry (1991)
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Director:
Mike Nichols |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Tilfellet Henry |
RUNNING
TIME
107 minutes |
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Producer:
Mike Nichols
Scott Rudin |
Screenwriter:
J. J. Abrams |
Review
Ruthless hot-shot lawyer Harrison Ford gets shot in the head in a
robbery gone wrong and ends up partially brain-damaged before slowly
recovering into an altruistic, childish and insecure version of
himself. This fantasy with some scattered hints of realism was
written by a young J. J. Abrams (who also appears as a delivery
boy). It is well-meaning, cute and even poignant at times, but the
film is marred by an immature simplification of everything from
parenthood and married life to the incredibly vapid dichotomy of
evil lawyers and big-hearted physical therapists. Harrison Ford does
as well as he can with his self-conscious acting, whereas Annette
Bening, who's such a talented actress, somehow undergoes an even
more sudden personality-change than her husband towards the end. I
suspect a lot of her performance may have ended up on the
cutting-room floor. One of director Mike Nichols' less impressive
works.
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