"Henry & June" is a well filmed hack job which spends most of its time looking at bits and pieces of the experiences of writer Anaïs Nin, mostly those involving the infamous author Henry Miller and/or her liberal feminist Bohon lifestyle during their Paris period. The film is analogous to a lurid paperback with all the pages torn out except the "good" ones..you know, the dog-eared sexy pages the book automatically opens to when you pick it up. A poor attempt at a biopic with B-flick macho-man Fred Ward laughably cast as Henry Miller, this self-absorbed exercise in pseudointellectualism flunks on all levels, including the erotic, except cinematography and visuals (costuming, makeup, sets, etc.). Not recommendable. (C+)
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