Storyline
Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.
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Cast
Sarah Silverman, Geraldine Hughes, Naomi Watts, Dean Norris, Jackson Nicoll, Wass Stevens, Joel Garland, Mary Joy, Donna Mitchell, Lee Pace, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Bobby Moynihan, Arthur French, Tonya Pinkins, Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher, Mike Massimino, Maxwell Simkins, Faith Logan, Taylor Dior, Maddie Ziegler, Marjan Neshat, Deborah Rayne, Zandi Holup, Lily Peterson, Stefanie Flores, Logan Smith, Philip Smreck, Peter Hourihan, Gavin Barnes
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Reviews
50
It’s intermittently funny, mopey, and tense, sometimes totally off-base but certainly ambitious in its approach.
50
The only way to appreciate The Book of Henry is by treating it as the movie equivalent of a summer read, a beach book that tries to pack in the full breadth of human experience into a few too many pages.
42
Watching The Book of Henry feels like being gaslit.
42
The entire thing feels forced and hollow, less an authentic expression of the human experience and more a gee-whiz exercise in cleverness, slathered in a healthy coat of multiplex-friendly weirdness.
40
The preposterousness of Gregg Hurwitz's screenplay isn't enough to throw star Naomi Watts off her game, and the actor's sincere performance may suffice to keep a segment of the family-film demographic on board, barely.
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