Metacritic reviews

An offbeat comedy/drama elevated by another terrific Varmiga turn.

Caan and Farmiga give more to the material than it can return, but it sure is fun to watch them tangle.

You can't help but feel that the ambition of Henry's Crime was determined by the near anonymity of its title - the movie seems to be ensconcing itself into the Witness Relocation Program.

Director Malcolm Venville, who made the British gangster flick "44 Inch Chest," has a strong handle on the tone, so even the familiar twists feel fresh.

While Malcolm Venville's Henry's Crime is billed as a comedy it's more funny odd than funny ha-ha.

While the absurdity builds, the intensity never does -- a problem shared by director Malcolm Venville's previous feature, "44 Inch Chest."

The movie is not great, but the star is not bad. This, in some quarters, is high praise indeed.

Its mood is so muffled and point so submerged, it's difficult to see why Mr. Reeves and the rest of the cast pooled their talents to make a movie about a nowhere man going no place in particular in Buffalo.

The disparity only makes Reeves's earnest-but-monotonous turn that much more pronounced-and the film that much more dismissible.

A grating muddle.