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Regarding Henry

  • 19911991
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
33K
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Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
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After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
33K
YOUR RATING
    • Mike Nichols
    • J.J. Abrams
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Annette Bening
    • Michael Haley
    • Mike Nichols
    • J.J. Abrams
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Annette Bening
    • Michael Haley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 137User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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    Harrison Ford and Kamian Allen in Regarding Henry (1991)
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    Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, and Kamian Allen in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, and Kamian Allen in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Kamian Allen in Regarding Henry (1991)
    Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry (1991)

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    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Henry Turner
    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Sarah Turner
    Michael Haley
    • Court Clerk
    • (as R.M. Haley)
    Stanley Swerdlow
    • Mr. Matthews
    • (as Stanley H. Swerdlow)
    Julie Follansbee
    • Mrs. Matthews
    Rebecca Miller
    Rebecca Miller
    • Linda
    Bruce Altman
    Bruce Altman
    • Bruce, Henry's Partner
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    • Jessica, Henry's Secretary
    Donald Moffat
    Donald Moffat
    • Charlie Cameron
    Kamian Allen
    • Rachel Turner
    • (as Mikki Allen)
    Aida Linares
    • Rosella
    John MacKay
    • George
    Mary Gilbert
    • Julia
    Peter Appel
    Peter Appel
    • Eddie the Doorman
    Harsh Nayyar
    Harsh Nayyar
    • Liquor Store Owner
    John Leguizamo
    John Leguizamo
    • Liquor Store Gunman
    Harold House
    • Policeman
    Robin Bartlett
    Robin Bartlett
    • Phyllis
      • Mike Nichols
      • J.J. Abrams
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    • Trivia
      Harrison Ford nearly turned down the role of Henry because the character was a trial lawyer. He had just played one in Presumed Innocent (1990) and was afraid of being typecast. He took the role when he realized that Henry would only be functioning as a lawyer for the first 10 minutes.
    • Goofs
      When Henry's secretary pours his coffee the first time he comes back to the office, she tells him to say "when" and start pouring the milk. It immediately comes to the top but she continues to pour. Next you see a close-up of the cup with her pouring even more in the cup but it's not at the top.
    • Quotes

      [comforting his daughter on her first day of boarding school]

      Henry: One of the things I do remember is my first day at school. There were all these weird-looking kids and I didn't know any of them and they didn't know me. I was scared, but after two days, we were all laughing about how scared we were. Everybody feels like you do, honey. Everybody.

      [emboldened, Henry's daughter goes off with the rest of her class]

      Sarah Turner: That's sweet, I didn't know you remembered that.

      Henry: I don't.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Regarding Henry/101 Dalmatians/Point Break/Boys N the Hood/The Miracle (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Walking on the Moon
      Performed by The Police

      Written by Sting

      Used courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.

    User reviews137

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    8/10
    The Epitome of the American Feel-Good Film
    Regarding Henry is about a man who projects a cold, emotional shell and seems as if he cares nothing for anyone but himself, full of malice that seems like simple inconsideration, a self-centered cockiness, and an extreme difficulty with allowing mutual understanding amongst those close to him, especially his uneasy wife and unhappy daughter. When he is shot incidentally in a robbery, because his emotional shell drops for no one, not even an armed thug in a convenience store, he recovers over the course of a few months, with serious brain injury, reverting him to an almost childlike state, thus a primal, basic form of himself, and a truly sensitive, caring person emerges, completely naive to the value system of his former self. His barefaced heart wrenched by all the decisions and actions he made leading up to the incident, he intends to fix them.

    This is a wonderful premise and even more truthful and honest about the human condition that one may think, but to be honest, it is plagued by an almost unbearable lightness. A story this emotionally stimulating needs weight, further development, a script untouched by formula, and all these needs were fulfilled, the film would be yet even more fulfilling and the moral of the film would be less obvious and more provoking of insight and thought. I think it's a good movie, and tears will be shed, but in its requirements that had to be reached for fear of mainstream rejection or misunderstanding, not enough tears were should and it is left in a condition where its full potential is not reached.

    Just as Mike Nichols, in the midpoint of his career around this film's time of release, began giving his films less atmosphere, less edge, less intensity (which would later return with films like Primary Colors and Closer), Harrison Ford's performances are normally quite stilted, even if he tends to be in very enjoyable movies, many of them classics. In Regarding Henry, he delivers one of his very finest, really feeling his character deeply and expressing emotion very realistically and compassionately.
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    • jzappa
    • Mar 30, 2007

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    • Release date
      • July 10, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Japanese
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      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
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