Henry's Crime
Henry's Crime
R | 08 April 2011 (USA)
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An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

Reviews
Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
skakiris A waste of time,Very nice cast but the movie it's so boring.The only thing that save a little bit this movie is the nice music.
blanche-2 Henry's Crime from 2010 was a nice surprise.The film stars Keanu Reeves as Henry, a man who seems to go through life like a sleepwalker. When his friends ask him to fill in at a baseball game for their sick friend, Henry goes along. When ALL of them go to the ATM at the bank and ask them to wait outside, Henry goes along. And then he goes along to prison after the bank is robbed, taking the fall for his friends.While in prison, Henry meets Max (James Caan), a confidence man who loves prison and botches his parole hearings every time. Max's philosophy is, to find a purpose, you have to have a dream. Apparently his is to stay in prison.Once released, Henry, who at this point has no life, decides that since he was accused of robbing the bank and didn't, he's going to rob it now. He discovers that a long-ago tunnel into the bank still exists from the theater next door. It means talking Max into getting parole. And it also means getting a role in "The Cherry Orchard."A top cast that includes Vera Farmiga and Peter Stomare, who gives a hilarious turn as the director of the Chekov play, really liven up this film. It's an intriguing if improbable plot; they make it fun.Reeves to me isn't much of an actor, but he pulls off Henry just fine. I'm not sure what his secret is, but he always seems to look the same age. Farmiga as the actress anxious to get out of town is excellent, and Caan is terrific. Fisher Stevens is on hand as one of Henry's robbery "friends," who turns up again.This is a little gem that apparently only played in 8 U.S. theaters.
nicnik6 Henry's Crime is about a man without a purpose caught in the middle of a thing he is blissfully and stupidly unaware of. Preposterous as it might all seem when you begin to understand what he is going to do, this film actually seizes the viewer into watching it till the end.Keanu Reeves plays Henry, the one who finally understands what life should be like, drawing on Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and its symbols and values. (I guess the people who are also into theatre will appreciate the screenplay even more.)While trying to give meaning to his own life, he also does so for his only true friend, Max, superbly performed by James Caan, and for an aspiring actress whom he falls for, Julie, again wonderfully rendered by Vera Farmiga. All these characters help each other in the movie and are bound together through this unexpected but appropriate association with Chekhov's play.I found myself laughing as in a real comedy a few times during the film, and I can honestly say that it is worthy of Guy Ritchie's comical gangster plans. If you liked LSTSB and Snatch, give this one a try as well. It's different, but it's also there. And Keanu is a good actor. A good actor!
TxMike Can you believe Keanu Reeves is almost 50? Here he was 46 in the title role as Henry Torne. The simple plot is that Henry goes to prison for something he didn't do, serves his time, and comes out with the thought, "Since I did the time, why not do the crime?" Henry is a simple man with no ambition, no "vision" for his life. He works in the Buffalo area as a toll booth collector and when he comes home in the morning to Judy Greer as his wife Debbie Torne, he seems to have no personality. One day two old high school friends drop by, needing Henry to play 1st base on their softball team. On the way they say they need to stop at the bank ATM and get some cash, Henry stays in the car. They really are robbing the bank, they get away, poor simple Henry gets arrested as their getaway driver, never tells on the other two, serves his 3 years. While in prison his wife tells him she fell in love and is divorcing him. Henry as always takes the news calmly, he just wants her to be happy.So the story is really about how Henry might break out of his doldrums and actually care about something in life instead of just "existing", just going with the flow all the time. One catalyst for this is cell mate James Caan as Max Saltzman , a con man serving a life sentence. He could get out on parole but fakes mental illness each review because he finds prison life very nice and convenient.But Henry does talk Max into getting out, so Max can help him rob the bank that he went to prison for. The other key person in Henry's transformation is Vera Farmiga as stage actress Julie Ivanova . He just happens to meet him when she runs over him as she is talking on her cell phone, but they eventually become friends then lovers.The story is very unconventional and funny with very smart dialog and good acting. Saw it via Netflix streaming movies.SPOILERS: In the end they use an old tunnel from the theater to the bank vault. It is behind the wall in one dressing room, so Max has to get rid of the actor so that Henry can get the part, and they can dig old dirt out of the way. They do succeed in getting into the vault just after a several $Million drop is made, and are running off with it while the play is going on. But Henry stops the car, gets out, goes back to Julie and improvises some dialog. He tells her he loves her, whispers "meet me in Moscow." He has begun to change his life.