movie review...henry poole is here

from ChristianityToday: Henry Poole Is Here is a film that Christian moviegoers will yearn to embrace, if only from sheer gratitude; here, at last, is a depiction of Christian faith that portrays it as something other than the domain of cranks and loonies. And it's not just theological theory that wins the film's blessing, but something more substantive, verging on shocking: it proposes that miracles can happen—and supplies an audacious one for our consideration.


From Catholic.org: From its stark, gritty darkness in the beginning through its well developed characters and throughout its turns and twists all the way through to its surprising end, “Henry Poole is Here” is a testimony to the power of hope. He probably does not know it, but the message of Mark Pellington’s latest film affirms the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI’s second encyclical letter which was entitled “Saved in Hope”. Henry Poole finds out that in the midst of the stuff of daily life, with all of its pain and struggle,hope really can save you.