2008 · comedy · drama · supernatural
Henry Poole Is Here
Directed by Mark Pellington1h 39m2008
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Our read: Henry Poole Is Here (2008) reads as a warm, measured, grounded comedy · drama · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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