Review of Henry Poole Is Here (2008) by Kristen H — 19 Feb 2009

A nice "feel good" movie that everyone in the family can watch. Good acting carries the movie where the scripting gets a little cheesy ...

This review of Henry Poole Is Here (2008) was written by Kristen H on 19 Feb 2009.

Henry Poole Is Here has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Biggs_Za (2) on 29 Apr 2012

What a sweet movie. It is in no ways a complex film; thus don't watch it to stimulate your movie critic side…

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By Caleb C (670) on 21 Aug 2011

This was a lot more effective that I had thought it would be. Something of a gem here. One not to be missed or overlooked…

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By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 27 Sep 2011

What, exactly, constitutes a miracle? Do they really happen? You'll be thinking about it, hopefully even talking about it, after the credits roll…

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By Marcus F (72) on 27 Sep 2010

I really enjoy watching comedic actors tackle a very serious role, because (more often than not) they actually deliver really strong performances…

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By Marta M (21) on 28 Apr 2018

This is a love story of hope. Not miracles. You can take away your own personal message from the movie…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Mar 2016

The film has some amusing moments and can be intriguing when it focuses on the slow transformation of a hopeless, faithless man…

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A film that could have used some of the genuine intrigue of Pellington's thrillers to help offset the increasingly doe-eyed narrative…

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By Wade W (243) on 16 May 2018

It is a decisively strong Christian film that doesn't come across as too preachy…

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Well-meaning, but not very well-made--the script bears most of the blame, and the over-reliance on indie-music montages to bridge narrative…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Apr 2016

It's easy to see how a film so unafraid of religious touchstones could become a phenomenon among the faithful. Nonbelievers, however, need not apply…

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