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Henry Fool (1998)

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Simon Grim (James Urbaniak) is a garbageman, and his life is about as unpleasant and uneventful as you'd expect given his profession; he doesn't much care for his work, he's treated with violence or contempt by most of the people in his neighborhood, and he shares a house with Mary (Maria Porter), his cranky, pill-head mother, and Fay (Parker Posey), his morally suggestible sister. One day, Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan) appears; he claims to be a writer in the midst of a major project, entitled

R, 2 hr. 17 min.

Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Hal Hartley

Written By: Hal Hartley

In Theaters: Jun 19, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Dec 16, 2003

Cast

Thomas Jay Ryan
Henry Fool
James Urbaniak
Simon Grim
Parker Posey
Fay Grim
Maria Porter
Mary
James Saito
Mr. Deng
Kevin Corrigan
Warren
Liam Aiken
Ned
Miho Nikaido
Gnoc Deng
Gene Riffini
Officer Bunuel
Nicholas Hope
Father Hawkes
Diana Ruppe
Amy
Veanne Cox
Laura
Jan Leslie Harding
Vicky
Chuck Montgomery
Angus
Paul Greco
Concierge

Critic Reviews for Henry Fool

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Embracing Hartley's motifs, such as the vicissitudes of fame and fate, the film is sharply uneven, meditative and touching in moments but also pretentious and overlong; it's the last decent movie Hartley has made.

April 30, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Has some good acting and ideas, but Hartley doesn't seem to know how to end the thing.

June 29, 2004 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

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This is a pretty strange movie. From the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival Collection. Henry is a Garbage Man who life is invaded by some pretty wild souls. A Mother who is depressed, a sister who gives it up to everyone. I am still trying to figure out the plot. Others have rated this movie 4 or 5 stars and

February 12, 2010