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Henry & June

Play trailer Poster for Henry & June NC-17 Released Oct 5, 1990 2h 16m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A literary love triangle is explored in this film, which was the first to earn an NC-17 rating. While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), meet Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
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Henry & June celebrates sensuality and passion, though the portentous filmmaking drags it down by a large degree.

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Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter Following Kaufman's impressive cinematic adaptations of such difficult-to-film works as The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Henry and June is a major disappointment. Oct 3, 2015 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Derek Adams Time Out An hour too long. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Henry and June is really bad. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 6, 2022 Full Review Allison Green Gay Community News (Boston) This is a movie from a straight, male point of view and we’ve seen it all before. Sep 8, 2022 Full Review Kelly Allgaier Curve The movie is sensually evocative, full of dreamy music and soft camera angles that capture the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the Thirties. May 18, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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simon s Hernry and June is a film that I have come back to a few times at different stages of my life. Maybe as I have lived life more, I have appreciated it more. Yes it's not perfect, but oveall is worthy exploration of sexualty, artistic merit and ultimatly in a way marriage. In some ways a movie of its time and also slightly dated. Artistic sex scenes place it in a time when nudity was not commonplace. But viewed thru my reading glass eyes, I can only now appreciate the completicated nature of sexuality, hedonism and relationships. As they say these days, your mileage may vary. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Audience Member I really liked this one! They show everything!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review steve d It dragged and its entire story is uninteresting. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The best romance movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member From the diaries of Anais Nin come an adaptation of her relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June. Historically, this was the first NC17 movie. It has many enjoyable performances and some interesting life lessons. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Too much sex sets this apart from a lot of films around this era, but, doesn't give the story flow and point. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A literary love triangle is explored in this film, which was the first to earn an NC-17 rating. While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), meet Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
Director
Philip Kaufman
Producer
Peter Kaufman
Screenwriter
Philip Kaufman, Rose Kaufman
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Walrus & Associates, Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française, Universal Pictures
Rating
NC-17
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 5, 1990, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 1, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.0M
Runtime
2h 16m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround