Fortunately, for a film that quotes so much Chekhov, Henry's Crime is likably unpretentious: a wry story about a quiet schmuck who finally sticks his neck out.

| Sep 23, 2020

Henry's Crime is quieter than either of its genres leads one to expect but, perhaps because of this, it provides a lot of fun throughout.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 16, 2019

An intermittently entertaining comedy/drama with a funny script and a fatal miscasting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 28, 2011

The film feels a bit enervated, even when the script asks it to fly off the rails toward the end.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 28, 2011

Go for Caan and Farmiga, and stay to be surprised by Reeves.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2011

The screenplay leeches all the fun out of it, and the principals - aside from Caan, who generates his own power - seem lost and abandoned.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2011

What's needed is someone nervous to play Henry. A Steve Buscemi, for example. Reeves maintains a sort of Zen detachment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 28, 2011

... despite some minor grumbles, I was entertained by Henry's Crime.

| Apr 26, 2011

Ludicrous plot turns makes Reeves' wooden acting the least of the film's issues.

| Apr 22, 2011

Even as far as low-budget independent films about Buffalo, N.Y., toll booth operators go, "Henry's Crime" is an odd bird.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 22, 2011

A felony of a movie ... tedious and improbable...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 22, 2011

For a fresher, funnier crime comedy back-dropped by the theater, check out Woody Allen's gem Bullets Over Broadway.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 21, 2011

If "Henry's Crime'' is occasionally too pleased with itself, it's also pleasantly unpredictable, and it has a trio of sweet hambone performances at its center.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 21, 2011

If you had to compare it to a Russian classic, Malcolm Venville's mild comedy about a nobody (Keanu Reeves) who gets busted for a crime he didn't commit might suggest half-baked Dostoevsky or lightweight Gogol. But not Chekhov.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 20, 2011

Really entertaining and a lot of fun.

| Apr 18, 2011

verges on absurdity -- the non-comedic kind

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2011

Reeves is fine but not very memorable, much like the movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 16, 2011

The film's ungainly mix of heist, romance and backstage comedy never jells.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 14, 2011

"Henry's Crime" is a movie that eschews the details and tries to get by on charm, and it does have charm - just not enough to get by.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 14, 2011

Keanu Reeves sleepwalks through this limp affair, the script is indifferent to the madcap possibilities its conceit engenders, and director Malcolm Venville exhibits no sense of comedic timing or aptitude for building tension.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 12, 2011