Henry Fool
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Movie Reviews of Henry Fool
Movie Review: Entertaining, kept my attention all the way through.
Summary: 4 Stars
Once again Hal Hartley has a very entertaining movie with interesting characters. I think his characters are the strongest parts of his stories. I did like Fay Grimm a little better. I expands on the Henry Fool character even more, even though he appears in the film less. But you really need to see this one first. P.S. I love Parker Posey!!Movie Review: Henry no Foole
Summary: 4 Stars
Heny Fool with the same cast of characters as the recent Fay Grim sets the stage for the better film. While the odious Henry is engaging, it is Parker Posey in Fay Grim that makes both films worthwhile.Movie Review: Couldn't get through it
Summary: 2 Stars
To be fair, I may give this another shot. But, for now, I had to hit eject after about 30 minutes. Wasn't happening for me. Neither funny, nor interesting. The main character, Simon, a sad-sack mechanic who is a fledgling writer, wears the same blank expression in every scene, so I never became interested. His mentor, Henry Fool, is nearly as expressionless. Maybe this goes somewhere eventually. But I shouldn't have to endure so much to find out. Neither should you.Movie Review: I tried
Summary: 2 Stars
As a big Hartley fan, I tried hard to like this, but after about an hour, I just couldn't continue. Unlike some of his other films, which are slightly excruciating in their pace but won't let you turn away, at some point, I just stopped caring about this one, and decided to give it fast forward help. There were no great insights though, or descriptive genius. It was just too long, and not as creative.Movie Review: Film is Briiliant, DVD an Abortion
Summary: 1 Stars
Warning: this is not a widescreen presentation of the original film, which was in 1.66:1 aspect ratio. IT IS A MATTED (VERTICALLY TRIMMED) VERSION OF THE PAN-AND-SCAN VHS VERSION, WHICH MEANS IT'S 60% OF THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. (The reported 1.78:1 aspect ratio on the DVD box is correct, even the claim that it's anamorphic widescreen is correct: it's just that the image you're seeing was generated by taking the "reformatted for your TV" VHS version, which chopped off the sides of the original theatrical image, and *further chopping* it to fit the widescreen format by eliminating the top and bottom of the VHS image. This is a common practice for widescreen movie presentations on HDTV, but it's always inexcusable). It's unwatchable even if you only know the movie from the VHS pan-and-scan version (which was 80% of the film). And the transfer is poor: it looks worse on my TV than the VHS tape I rented a few years ago.
What an incredible letdown, because the film is sheer genius.