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To me, this movie is perfection.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Unparalleled development of three characters flawed only bc Henry begins as such an unbelievable loser. The tempo is beautiful, rising to genuine theater in the final scene. One of the best low-budget films I've ever seen.

Henry´s Crime is a cleverly written, pleasantly old fashioned film that flirts with many genres and pulls it off with great acting. There are essentially two plots co-existing here, one about a bank heist and the other about making theatre and romance. If you really must classify this piece of work file it under black comedy, that´s pretty close. It is as if the screenwriters started to think about how to improve Chekhov´s classic play the Cherry Orchard by adding a heist subplot which eventually took the whole thing over. It is complicated but the viewer is fed with very good lines of dialogue all along the twisting and turning ride. The screenplay smells of paper with way too many unlikely encounters and incidences to be plausible, but this is a film about pulling it off, and the actors do just that. Keanu Reeves plays the wooden faced but kind hearted lead character of very few words, so he has to act with body language. Vera Farmiga has an even harder role as a cold-hearted and emotionally troubled actress harassed by the great Peter Stormare as the aggressive theatre director. James Caan is supreme as the old time confidence man pulling the strings. Bill Duke is a great sidekick as the security guard. And yes, to stress the point, they all pull it off. This is a non-violent, dialogue driven film and I can see why it would not reach the younger audience. As for people with more experience of life the film can and probably should be watched twice. I´m pretty sure I missed a lot of goodies the first time around and will watch it again as opportunity arises.

There was an ingenious concept to this combination caper and romantic comedy. From start to finish, the film never takes itself too seriously, and the result is pure entertainment.Much credit belongs to the screenwriter who blended the production of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" occurring in an old Buffalo theater next to the city bank. The robbers (James Caan, Keanu Reeves) ingeniously burrow into the bank vault from beneath the theater in order to rob the bank.The best scenes are from the Chekhov play, as reality blends with the stage drama in the relationship of Vera Farmiga's character Madame Ranevskaya and Reeves' Lopahkin. When the actors begin improvising lines, the audience loves it! One of the best characters in the film is the police officer who becomes the "inside man" for the bank heist. Some of the lines and deadpan humor are priceless, making "Henry's Crime" a true joy.

I understand why some people did not like this very good film - it is slower, and it is not The Matrix, or Konstantin. This is a very good work, and yes, Keanu's character is a bit slow, silent and detached - but here is what he is like. His role is balanced perfectly by fiery and very funny James Caan who did a very, very excellent job. His part of a con-man is a great plus, and his part is almost The best in here. Vera Farmiga is another great plus of the movie, her part of a Russian theater actress is very cool, too. She does a perfect Diva here, and does it extremely convincing way. Well, yes, the movie is not a fast and furious action one, but this was not the intent. The very theater style of the film is obvious, and the nice link to the Chekhov's play is a warm heart-thawing welcome for all Russian viewers. Keanu is a very good Lopakhin and Vera is a very sweet Ranevskaya. And then, yeah, here is excellent Peter Stormare as a choleric and very short-tempered theater director with all his idiosyncrasies and craze. Casting was done very well, and this stellar ensemble of actors is a mighty element for the great movie.