Posted on 08/10/2008 2:06:09 PM PDT by tcg
Henry is a man in deep existential angst. Luke Wilson plays the role brilliantly with a face, demeanor and carriage which is literally, as they say, “right out of central casting”. Later in the film we will learn that Henry has received a terminal medical diagnosis which sent him into the latest downturn. However his hopelessness and despair have been growing inside of him for years, draining away the life. He, like so many people, is a member of the walking wounded, dragging the pain of unresolved childhood hurt and trauma like a ball and chain behind him. The chip on his shoulder has grown so big that he can no longer stand up straight it seems and his downcast eyes see only the ground. In a last ditch effort to find some meaning, or at least a place to crawl into and stew in his depression before his end, Henry tries to go home... Henry Poole is Here” is a good movie, in the deepest sense of the word. It is well acted, well directed and it is not afraid to address "goodness" between human persons. Henry’s personal odyssey and internal evolution as he tries to fight his own demons of despair and then finally surrender to hope is a message which is desperately needed in this hour.
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Can’t WAIT to see this movie!
Oh hell.
GIve the guy some prozac and tell him to stop feeling sorry for himself and go work with refugees in Zimbabwe to see how well off he is.
(no, I haven’t had my coffee yet this morning)
;-)
So, have your coffeee and see the movie. A good example of how movies can have a redemptive value
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