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Marcelina 2022-01-29 08:12:29
The mix of various types, especially in the second half, has no focus, or it is too realistic to shoot such a fantasy story. If you follow the stylized shooting method like Wes Anderson, you may be able to forget the absurd plot and character settings. But the climax scene of the third act is still...
The Book of Henry Comments
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Dahlia 2022-03-19 09:01:10
Worse than violence is the indifference of bystanders
When I saw this movie by chance, it was out of control, and the tears I watched in the first half couldn't stop flowing.
Henry's flat acceptance of death, and the fact that he was still planning for the girl next door in the last days of his life was memorable and moving.
If it wasn't for hopeless...
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Dr. David Daniels: Henry, you've got something in your head right now. Something we call a tumor. It's not a good thing. So, we had to see if we could remove it without hurting any part of your brain. Uh, it's tricky stuff. And we were able to get some of it.
Henry Carpenter: Come on, man.
Dr. David Daniels: Excuse me?
Henry Carpenter: This kind of rapid onset, cutting right away, the expression on your face, the way I see it, it's got to be a high grade ependymoma or glioblastoma. I don't know why I didn't think about that. What with the headaches and the blurred vision I just thought it was stress. Large mass?
Dr. David Daniels: Uh... yeah.
Henry Carpenter: Extended?
Dr. David Daniels: Yeah, it is.
Henry Carpenter: Has it spread to critical structures?
Dr. David Daniels: Well, we tried to resect it, but unfortunately...
Henry Carpenter: I see. My MRI?
[henry reviews the MRI]
Henry Carpenter: Irradiate?
Dr. David Daniels: [neurosurgeon shakes his head no] I'm sorry.
Henry Carpenter: I'd like to be alone, please.
Susan Carpenter: Sweetie, I don't think...
Henry Carpenter: Mom... um, I'd like to be alone.
Susan Carpenter: Okay.
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Henry Carpenter: Mom... That woman today at the grocery store... You didn't... do anything to help her.
Susan Carpenter: I told you. It just wasn't our business.
Henry Carpenter: I think... when someone hurts someone else I, I think it is our business.
Susan Carpenter: Well, I know it seems that way but... there was nothing I could do.
Henry Carpenter: Yeah, mom if... if everybody did that then there would be no one to look out for the people who just can't look out for themselves.
Susan Carpenter: So what should I have done? I didn't want things to get violent.
Henry Carpenter: Violence isn't the worst thing in the world.
Susan Carpenter: What is then?
Henry Carpenter: Apathy.
