Review: Henry’s Crime

Exceptionally slow paced drivel about Henry, an aimless man wrongly accused of committing a bank robbery, who faces a term in prison. After he serves this, he decides that since he’s “served the time, he might as well do the crime.” What follows is an inane mix of romance and well… I was about to write crime film, but it’s not – the actual robbery plays very little part in the film. Keanu Reeves is on regular form as Henry, dry and monotone. No offence to the man, but how he can still headline a big box office movie with his bland acting style, is absolutely beyond me. Vera Farmiga, who gave such an incredible performance in Up In The Air, would surely save this though? No. More the fault of the writers, but her character is completely unlikeable, even stating herself she’s as “cold as the Arctic”. The chemistry between Reeves and Farmiga is non-existent, one a bland and unlikeable character, the other a cold and unlikeable character.  

I reckon Henry ought to have had the death penalty