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Jesus Henry Christ

Jesus Henry Christ

Comedy · Family · Drama · 2012

At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.

Movie details

Jesus Henry Christ

2012 Comedy · Family · Drama 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

6.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

22 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

41 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dennis Lee

Written by

Dennis Lee

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Dr. Slavkin O'Hara

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Patricia Herman

Jason Spevack

Jason Spevack

Henry James Herman

Samantha Weinstein

Samantha Weinstein

Audrey O'Hara

Melyssa Ade

Melyssa Ade

Kindergarten Teacher

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah

Frank Moore

Frank Moore

Stan Herman

Court is in session

Put Jesus Henry Christ on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.