Just Henry

2011

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57%
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 230 230

family relationships murder

Director

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David Moore

Top cast

Stephen Campbell Moore Photo
Stephen Campbell Moore as Joey Dodge
Joseph Cotten Photo
Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins
Pooky Quesnel Photo
Pooky Quesnel as Mrs Jeffries
John Henshaw Photo
John Henshaw as Charlie
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916.33 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 1
1.66 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Andrew_S_Hatton 5 / 10

A good idea spoiled by the need to have a violent ending

Reviewed by roger-pettit1 6 / 10

A reasonably enjoyable, feelgood TV drama that lacks edge

Based on a novel of the same name by English writer Michelle Magorian (who also wrote Goodnight Mister Tom, which has also been dramatised for television), Just Henry is a sentimental drama of the kind that used to appear regularly on British TV at Sunday teatime. Set in the north of England in the post-Second World War period, it tells the coming of age story of 15-year old schoolboy Henry. Henry lives with his mother, his stepfather and his (at times) rather spiteful paternal grandmother. His father has been dead for 9 years - he would have been 38 years old at the time the story is set - and seemingly died a war hero. Henry's grandmother believes that her daughter-in-law's new husband isn't a patch on her dead son and is constantly trying to undermine their relationship. However, things are not quite as they seem - and Henry has to confront some interesting truths about his Dad, at a time when he is wrestling with adolescence, his discovery of the opposite sex and the need to apply himself to his education.Just Henry is enjoyable enough. It is very well acted by a good cast. The problem, as I see it, is that it is rather too twee and sentimental. It could have done with more edge. Too much of it is bathed (both actually and metaphorically) in a layer of soft focus, almost sepia-tinted cinematography. The delineation between good and bad is simplistic. And the ending is unnecessary and ridiculous. It does not in any way stretch the viewer. Rather, it simply invites you to sit back, relax and bask in its wholesome atmosphere. A pleasant, entertaining but undemanding 80 or so minutes of TV. 6/10.
Reviewed by oceansroar 6 / 10

Good start, but then the ending came

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