Henry Fool Reviews

Henry Fool Review
by Dennis Schwartz
I was disappointed in Hartley's most ambitious film to date; I expected more than what was delivered. The story is interesting enough, about a passive, sexually repressed garbageman named Grim (Urbaniak), who is content with his sullen life, and a...more

Henry Fool Review
by Michael Summers
I found this film in the new release section of my local video chain. I selected it largely on the strength of its description as a "biting black-comedy". Well, this film falls short as a comedy, but that complaint is really more of an indictment of...more

Henry Fool Review
by Seth Bookey
This completely down-and-out variation on *Down and Out in Beverly Hills*, which in itself is a variation of *Boudu Saved from Drowning*, is a more disastrous time for the people who get involved with the mysterious and disheveled bum who drifts into...more

Henry Fool Review
by Seth Bookey
This completely down-and-out variation on Down and Out in Beverly Hills, which in itself is a variation of Boudu Saved From Drowning, is a more disastrous time for the people who get involved with the mysterious and disheveled bum who drifts into their...more

Henry Fool Review
by Kian Amidian
“HENRY FOOL” (1998) DIR/WTR/COMP: HAL HARTLEY CINEMATOGRAPHY: MICHAEL SPILLER STARS: JAMES URBANIAK, THOMAS JAY RYAN, PARKER POSEY, and MARIA POTTER. SONY PICTURES CLASSICS more

Henry Fool Review
by James Sanford
HENRY FOOL (Sony Pictures Classics) Directed by Hal Hartley Simon can feel something's on the way. Standing in the street near his home in Queens, Simon puts his ear to the ground and picks up the sound of Henry's footsteps, coming steadily down the...more

Henry Fool Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D. Sony Pictures Classics Director: Hal Hartley Writer: Hal Hartley Cast: James Urbaniak, Maria Porter, Parker Posey, Thomas Jay Ryan, Kevin Corrigan, Miho Nikaido, Chuck Montgomery, Nicholas Hope more