Reception
Based on 23 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of critics gave Henry Fool a positive review, with an average rating of 7.4/10. Leonard Maltin gives the film two and a half stars, saying Hartley "just misses the mark".
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