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Dominican Rep. Henry Fool
1,286
Drama
Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talent-less novelist. Henry opens a magical world of literature to Simon who turns his hand to writing the 'great American poem'. As Simon begins his controversial ascent to the dizzying heights of Nobel Prize winning poet, Henry sinks to a life of drinking in low-life bars. The two friends fall out and lose touch until Henry's criminal past catches up ... [+]
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"'Henry Fool' is far and away writer-director Hal Hartley's best movie" | POS |
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United States |
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"Resonant examination of friendship, fame, cultural trends, and the creative process." | POS |
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United States |
The Wall Street Journal | "I found it insufferably fatuous and damned near interminable." | NEG |
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United States |
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"A film that could become a landmark in American independent cinema" | POS |
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United States |
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"Poetic, bawdy, contemplative, often side-wrenchingly funny and finally quite touching" | POS |
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United States |
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"Movies about literary lives don't always catch fire, but 'Henry Fool' is a glorious exception" | POS |
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