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Anaïs Nin (Maria de Medeiros) is a young woman in 1930s Paris whose husband is slowly defecting from art to working in a bank, leaving her very bored. When the then-unpublished Brooklyn writer Henry Miller (Fred Ward) enters her life, she embarks on a journey of seduction and sexual exploration that eventually leads from the writer to his wife, June (Uma Thurman), who finances her husband's life in Paris so he may praise her beauty in his writing. Unhappy with her husband's writing and her lovers' affair, June enters a jealous rage, forcing Henry into suffering-artist mode and Nin back to her husband. Despite having one of the more erotic scenes of the 1990s, between Nin and June, the film does not live up to its subject, largely due to a mediocre screenplay and flawed direction. The strength of the original material and Medeiros' strong performance make it worth viewing. -- James McGrath, Amazon.com
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Polish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Production Notes, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A true adventure more erotic and fascinating than any fantasy, Phillip Kaufman's brilliant film explores the erotic life of two individuals who became 20th Century literary giants. Upon meeting American author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) in Paris, 1931, a young writer named Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery, and faithfully records every experience in her diary. In their search for new truths, Anais and Henry are tantalised by Henry's hauntingly sensual wife, June (Uma Thurman). Henry and June is an unforgettable journey into the uncharted territory of human relationships, based on the suppressed sections of Anais Nin's diaries. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards, ...Henry & June
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I have read many of Henry Miller books and loved most of them. For this reason I was a bit sceptic about the movie. But if you love Miller, and even if you don't you must check this video !its very strong, sensual and emotional. Its the story of Henry Miller in Paris falling in love with 'fellow' writer Anais Nin, who also falls in love with Miller's wife...Its a story of how important it is for human beings to free their own sexuality but also a story of how it is possible to love two people at the same time, wether you believe this or not. Uma Thurman is excellent in the part of Millers wife. The movie is worth every penny you pay for it. ENJOY !
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Many reviewers have commented on the explicit nature of this film, and many of them miss the point. This is Anais Nin's masterpiece about her realtionship with the Millers, Henry and June. Kaufman makes a fine and sensitive, even beautiful film here, about writers and bicycles and Paris in the prewar years.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I give this five stars for only one thing: the incomparable Maria de Medeiros. Not only is her performance remarkable, given the circumstances, but she is the most beautiful ever to appear on screen, and it is worth watching the film just to bask in that. For the rest, the acting is wooden (Richard E. Grant gives the worst performance of his life) and the script is appalling. The director should have been taken away, never to be seen again. The only real eroticism in the film is in Maria de Medeiros's face, above all in those huge, soulful eyes that would melt any man's heart in seconds. The only reason she isn't a major Hollywood star is that she chose to be a European (mainly French) performer. Good for her.
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atmospheric and evocative
Beautiful, passionate, mesmerizing and so evocative - i want to live in 1920s Paris! Don't listen to the bad reviews - they know nothing of great film making. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Summers
Frission and Fission
After reading the reviews I was prepared to drift into slumberland but was held for two hours plus even though fatigued and a low threshold for falling asleep. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Ghastly missed opportunity
This is really AWFUL!
I bought it having picked up a book by Richard E. Grant and thinking it would be nice to see something of him other than the glorious Withnail. Read more
I bought it having picked up a book by Richard E. Grant and thinking it would be nice to see something of him other than the glorious Withnail. Read more
Published 18 months ago by jelly 1960
Please no more biopix
This film is a two-hour reminder of that grim, grim era in cinema that immediately preceded the coming of Tarantino and the "Boogie Nights" crowd. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jim O'Donoghue
Simply Beautiful in Many Ways
This film is an adaptation of Anais Nin's erotic journals that tell of Henry Miller's life in Paris, before he was a celebrated/published writer. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sami Lennox
Henry & June & Anais & Bugs Bunny
A profoundly silly film about profoundly silly people.
This is little more than a cartoon posing as an art house flick
such a self indulgent project it is laughable,... Read more
This is little more than a cartoon posing as an art house flick
such a self indulgent project it is laughable,... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2009 by David Spanswick
Guys steer clear
This is a movie for girls - guys steer clear, unless you want to fast-forward to the lesbian scenes, which are very nice, and which are the only reason to give the film two stars... Read more
Published on 8 May 2007 by Douglas Lee
Erotic Masterpiece? Do me a favour!
I bought 'Henry & June' upon the recommendation of my girlfriend, who - having watched the film years previously - assured me that it was an 'erotic masterpiece'. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2003 by "fie_fie3"
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