Achieves something that is uncommonly difficult. It is a spiritual movie with the power to emotionally touch believers, agnostics and atheists -- in that descending order, I suspect.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The film has some amusing moments and can be intriguing when it focuses on the slow transformation of a hopeless, faithless man.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
It's less a tale of religious rebirth than a faith-based Hallmark card.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Tim Grierson
A film that could have used some of the genuine intrigue of Pellington's thrillers to help offset the increasingly doe-eyed narrative.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Handsomely photographed by Eric Schmidt and nicely underplayed by the actors, the film relies too much on its jukebox soundtrack to convey mood.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Robert Abele
Though not strictly a religious tract, Henry Poole Is Here is undeniably selling spiritual reawakening. If only its makers believed that aesthetically useful adage: God is in the details.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
The film's spiritual deck is stacked. In the mawkish tradition of movies like "Simon Birch," "Wide Awake," "August Rush" and "Hearts in Atlantis," Henry Poole Is Here is insufferable hokum that takes itself very, very seriously.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Philip Kennicott
A not-quite-funny comedy that devolves into a tedious discussion of miracles and redemption.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Manages a fairly rare trick: It's a movie that's both deeply felt and completely phony.Read Full Review »
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