Movie Appreciation: The Book Of Henry
“Our legacy isn’t what we write on our resume or how many commas we have in our bank account. It’s who we’re lucky enough to have in our lives and what we can leave them with. The one thing we do know, we’re here now. So I say we do the best we can, and that’s what I think about my legacy.”
These are the words of Henry Carpenter, the main character in the movie “The Book of Henry” when asked to talk about their legacy as a practicum for correct grammar, word selection, etc or in short, speech class.
The movie is a story of how a young boy changed the world by simply doing one thing he believes is the right thing to do and how he used his notebook, his red notebook, to accomplish this thing. He won’t be able to make it without the help of her Mom, her amazing Mom and his most trusted brother, Peter.
I don’t want to spoil so I’ll stop from there.
Susan, Henry and Peter’s relationship is the best family relationship I have ever seen on movies.
Susan, as a mother, works hard for kids without losing the “cool” side of every mother in the world. My favorite scenes of her are those during bedtime with kids and the hospital conversation.
Christina is right, Peter and Henry are so lucky to have you Mommy Susan. Thank you for raising two amazing kids. You did great. You are a mother and will always be a good mother for Henry and Peter.
Peter, Henry’s younger brother, is so adorable. I really want to hug him in those scenes that he’s so sad and alone. He may be very dependent on his brother, but he loves and respect him very much.
Well, if I have a brother like Peter, I am very much willing to defend and spoil him in any way I can. Make sure you have tissues in their hospital scene. IT’S THE BEST BROTHERLY LOVE SCENE EVER. </3
Henry, who is now one of my favorite characters, is my greatest discovery in 2017! Jaeden Lieberher, a 14 year old actor starred is several films and is known for IT, but I haven’t seen IT yet. The Book of Henry is his first movie I’ve watched. He got me! It is like in real-life, he is really Henry, an amazing boy who is matured enough to almost handle everything – school, family and society matters. He has a lot of quotable quotes that when you slowly digest will change your life forever. Yes, let us all learn something from an eleven-year old boy.
One lesson that I think I’ll continue to live on and remember will be: Violence is not the worst thing on Earth, but apathy. When someone hurts someone else we have to make it better. If we will all think that it is none of our business to help someone who is in trouble, then there would be no one to look out for the people who just can’t look out for themselves.
We have to make it better, whatever it is. Thanks for the lesson, Henry. Thanks for everything Carperter family.
