Henry’s Crime 2010

    Henry is set up to take the fall in a bank robbery and he goes to jail for a year.  Max is also in jail but he doesn't want to leave, every time he comes before the board, he makes sure he doesn't go free.  Henry decides he's done the time so he might as well do the crime.  He talks Max into finally getting out and they start working on the plan.  There are several complications, one is Julie, Henry might really like her?
    Can Reeves play anything other than a zombie without emotion or movement?  Some of the swerves this movie takes seem impossible to believe.  How is this a comedy?  There is frequent strong language but there isn’t anything requiring an R rating.  There are several love scenes but they are handled with restraint.  No nudity and only kissing and hugging.  The few action sequences are brief and generally mild fights.  In one, a man has a gun and a shot is fired.  Some substance abuse and a woman smokes one cigarette.  A few beers are consumed and one character seems drunk in one scene and vomiting..  2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)

108 min, Com, directed by Malcolm Venville with Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Peter Sormare, Bill Duke, Judy Greer, Fisher Stevens, Danny Hoch, Drew McVety, Carlos Pizarro, Chris Cardona, Mark Anthony, Brian Rogalski, Steve Beauchamp, Allel Aimiche.
           
Note:  Imdb 6.0 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 41% with 54 critics 25% audience with 6,820 ratings, Roger Ebert 2*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Cath Clarke, Metacritic 49 out of 100 with 19 critic reviews (positive 2, mixed 16, negative 1), 5.4 out of 10 with 17 user scores (positive 7, mixed 5, negative 4), Common Sense Media Renee Schonfeld age 15+, positive messages 2*, role models 2*, violence 2*, sex 2*, language 4*, consumerism 1*, drinking drugs & smoking 2*.  Amazon 3.5* out of 5*, Metacritic 72 out of 100 with 41 critic reviews (positive 28, mixed 13, negative 0).

Special Note:  The restaurant scene was filmed on Delaware Avenue in Kenmore, New York.  The bank used in the movie is the Buffalo Savings Bank.  It is located in Buffalo, New York.  It was completed in 1901 in time for the Pan-Am Exposition being held in Buffalo the same year.  It is now a branch office of M&T Bank.  The Music Hall in Tarrytown New York stood in as The Orphium Theatre.  Citizens of the town saw the posters in the display windows.  They were very excited about a production with Keanu Reeves and Vera Farmiga.  Unfortunately, there were no tickets for sale.