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Henry Fool , 1997
English
USA
Profile of Henry Fool
Henry Fool can be described as offbeat, clever, and bittersweet. The plot revolves around an eccentric family, family relations, and society. Its comic aspect comes from irreverent humor. Henry Fool's main genres are drama, independent, and comedy. In terms of style, it is a melodrama and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. Henry Fool is located in the USA. It takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. Note that Henry Fool involves sexual content, violent content, and profanity.
Summary of 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 convicted sexual offender who moves into Simon's basement. Henry sparks Simon's mind and challenges him to write "the great American poem." To everyone's dismay, he does just that. From there, events spiral even further, until Simon must eventually make an important decision: remain loyal to his friend and help him flee the country, or turn his back on what they shared together in the past. Funny, shocking, and impressively grand in its ambitions, Hartley's script takes turns that most writers would never consider actually writing down. This is an original work that will stand as one of 1998's most exhilarating motion picture experiences.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 19 June 1998 |
| Runtime: | 137 min |
Cast and Crew
as Henry Fool
as Simon Grim
as Fay Grim
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Critics Reviews
Variety
Poetic, bawdy, contemplative, often side-wrenchingly funny and finally quite touching, this tale about a nerdy garbage man whose life is changed by an egocentric hobo philosopher is flawed only by its length.
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- by: Derek Elley
Los Angeles Times
The result is a career milestone [for Hal Hartley] and a film that could become a landmark in American independent cinema.
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- by: Kevin Thomas
