Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Lee Eisenberg Dennis Lee's "Jesus Henry Christ" is everything that a good movie should be. The main character is an outcast boy genius who sets about trying to find his biological father. The main candidate has a daughter who's equally outcast. As happens in many indies, we learn the characters' back stories to ensure that there's a reason to care about them. In addition to the main story, there's also the theme of letting go of the past and righting the wrongs. All done very well, I might add.Jason Spevack (Amy Adams's son in "Sunshine Cleaning") is a good mixture of funny and serious in the role of the precocious Henry, and I really liked Toni Collette as his mom. Michael Sheen (Tony Blair in "The Queen" and David Frost in "Frost/Nixon") makes a great possible biological father. I hope to see Samantha Weinstein in more movies in the future. It's just a really good movie, and I recommend it.

postinghouse I would recommend to anyone, do yourself a favor and ignore the snotty critics. As others have mentioned here, I passed on this film for some time due to the bad reviews... None seated in reality as far as I'm concerned. You'll laugh, you'll cry. I was rooting for so many of the characters on so many levels, very few films are able to achieve that kind of depth, especially in an hour and a half. It never ceases to amaze me how these indie films can blow away the 100 million dollar budget films, and on such a regular basis. I firmly believe it's because much of the entertainment industry in California is completely out of touch with the rest of the living/working world (not just the flyover states, as they like to parrot in every 'urban' film); it almost seems to bleed through in every big budget film that the industry holds the rest of the world in contempt, as if anything but red carpets, whining about paparazzi, and gourmet-fashion-enlightenment is utter trash. I'll watch this one again with company, and I love to spread the word of a Rare Hidden Gem! Another bonus: As of today (Jan/13/2013), it's on Netflix, instant stream.

topbearau After reading some of the reviews I doubt if they saw this movie. I can't believe that some reviewers are upset by the name.Aertimyz-moon's review bashes' the film because of the name. I'm sure God and/or Christ would have laughed at this movie. It's just pure fun. Toni Collette was great as usual with a very good lead. I felt the story was up-to-date. I'm sorry if the "petri-dish" thing offends, but perhaps it's more common than some people may think. The story of a young boy-genius, who discovers this is how he was conceived and the search for his donating father is a great romp. Maybe we Aussie's see a bit more humor in this movie than some others. That said there is a lot to be desired in this film, but if you just want to turn off and go for the ride. It's great way to spend 90 minutes.

Boba_Fett1138 Of course nothing wrong with a more little and indie type of movie, as long as its good or compelling, which just most often isn't the case with this movie.The whole movie came across as a bit of a pointless one to me. the story is lacking a clear purpose and by the end of it, it also doesn't feel like anything has been resolved. Besides, everything in this movie feels far from natural. I'm not even necessarily talking about its story and the situations that are happening in it but more so about its characters and their relationships amongst each other. People fall in love, just because the story tells them to but not because there is any chemistry or any good reason for the two of them to fall in love with each other. Or at least the movie just doesn't give any. And the movie is being like this, with just about everything and everyone that is in this movie. A girl is weird, just because she is and a boy is supposed to be insanely smart, even while the movie doesn't ever give you any good reasons to believe this all. The whole way they get presented in this story and react to each other feel far from likely or natural. It just didn't made this movie a very pleasant one.To me it's being very obvious that Dennis Lee had seen a bit too many Wes Anderson movies and he tries to be just like him, with his style and approach. It uses similar tropes, such as having quirky characters in it, that however do absolutely nothing good and interesting and by turning something that normally isn't funny at all into something comedic, just and only in the way it gets presented but not because it's actually something funny. No, I'm far from a big Wes Anderson fan, so it's also no big surprise that I really didn't liked this movie either, since it's simply being a lite- and less clever or original version of a Wes Anderson movie.It's not a horrible movie, just not really one that I could ever like watching or felt like it was doing anything clever or compelling, with neither its different plot lines or any of its characters.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/