Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry with Harrison Ford is a film he directed by Mike Nichols 1991.

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Henry Turner is a celebrated success lawyer in a prestigious New York law firm. In our own circles, he is considered professional. But actually he is uncaring and unsympathetic and wins hopeless cases using questionable methods. Thanks to its success, he lives with his wife Sarah and his little daughter in luxurious circumstances, but hardly interested in for their families' needs.

One evening, Henry leaves the house to get cigarettes. He witnesses a robbery and is struck down with a head shot. With luck, survived Henry, but he can no longer speak, unable to walk and can not remember anything more about his life. As a small child has to learn all over again Henry. He is fed and built up and trained in rehabilitation again.

After a long hospital stay Henry is released back into his old life. Received him a home and a family to which he does not remember. With the weeks of convalescence he will gradually clear with which intolerance and cold he lived. It covers an affair on which he had (but also an affair of his wife ) and looks reluctantly in the acts of his cases he has dealt with vicious determination in favor of the company on the backs of those who suffered.

In the end, Henry leaves the company. His wife Sarah must first endure the shame in their luxurious society. Henry finds his place in society and turns into a loving father and husband. This is a matter of indifference, that they give up the luxurious life for financial reasons. Love prevails at the end of the film.

Reviews

The film was received very differently by critics, but was better overall with viewers than the professional critics.

" The uninspired Director assigns himself to the superficial script below, which sets in favor of clichés strung together his people almost completely neglected entirely on superficial comic or dramatic effects. "

"Thanks to good performers came in this maudlin disability story still acceptable food out, because usually get a career horny Manager such a disability at most by a stress -induced stroke, but when the unexpected illness helps to create a better man ... "

" Grandiose Actor in a subtle character study. "

" Part -shattering story told of a forced character conversion. Harrison Ford is convincing as helpless " child ." - Unfortunately the rest of the cast, however, remain just as pale as the direction of Mike Nichols over long periods "

Awards

Annette Bening won the London Critics Circle Film Award. The film was nominated in two categories for the Young Artist Award.

Publication

After the film on 12 July 1991 started off in U.S. cinemas, he was able to import 43 million U.S. dollars. 299 390 moviegoers watched the movie after its theatrical release on 26 September 1991. And after Regarding Henry in April 1992 was released on VHS, he ran for the first time on 23 April 1993 premiere and is available on DVD since 1 November 2003.

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