Movie Review: Henry Poole Is Here....or not

i think a better suited title would be...Henry Poole is Gone. Henry Poole Should Not Be Here. Henry Poole is Full of Angst. or something like that. haha...um so here's the scoop. i was going to go to a movie today with my mom...got the showtimes screwed up and we ended up not being able to go. instead, we hopped on over to redbox to grab a movie, and on my tip, decided to get Henry Poole is Here. i had seen the trailer a while ago and then put it on my Netflix list...so i figured it'd be good. it was under the comedy section, so thumbs up right?

no. thumbs down. haha. it was the first time i haven't liked a movie in a long time. normally i enjoy the movie, no matter what it is. seriously. and this was a dud. i mean, it was exactly horrible. but as my mom put it..."that was the strangest thing i've seen since Vanilla Sky." and we all know Vanilla Sky was weird. really weird.

so back to the movie i just watched. stars Luke Wilson. its not really a comedy. i mean...there's funny stuff, but mostly its dramatic and depressing. and i don't think he pulls it off. there's a lot of close up shots of him pining and crying and looking pensive with really thoughtful background music. there was at least 5 entire songs in the movie. that's a lot of songs to play in their entirety. and the concept is this...Henry Poole (Wilson) decides to change his life at his doctor tells him that he is going to die really soon. he moves to a new house surrounded by friendly neighbors. one of which finds the image of Jesus on Henry's outside wall. and then people come to stare at it. they think miracles happen because of it. and Henry is just upset and angsty about the whole thing because he is dying.

its a downer. i told my mom a number of times i think Ryan Gosling would have been much more suited for the part. he could pull off that brooding, wounded stuff in a way that wouldn't make me think its over the top. and no...its not just because he's hotter.

anyway, just thought i'd warn you before you happened to accidentally rent it. hopefully i'll have better luck tomorrow. my mom and i are going to see Sunshine Cleaning with my bff Amy Adams.