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S16 Ep830: The Book of Henry (2017) [EXTENDED PREVIEW]

We Hate Movies

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Tv & Film, Comedy

4.74.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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This is an extended preview of this month's Patreon-exclusive WHM episode on The Book of Henry! To access the full episode, click through here and sign up for Patreon today!

“I hate how Henry talks to his mother, it sounds like he’s dating her” - Eric

On this patrons-only We Hate Movies episode, we’re finally discussing one of the most requested titles in show history, The Book of Henry! How terrible is this story trajectory? How obnoxious is the titular Henry? Why was this the only way forward this supposed kid genius could think up to solve this problem with the neighbors? How depressingly wasted is Dean Norris in this movie? Does Sarah Silverman’s character have a thing for the kid? And why did they even bother having this Lee Pace doctor character come back into the movie? PLUS: How about we start auditioning a little more thoroughly for these school talent shows, huh?

The Book of Henry stars Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell, Jacob Tremblay, Dean Norris, Lee Pace, Maddie Ziegler, Tonya Pinkins, Bobby Moynihan, and Sarah Silverman as Sheila; directed by Colin Trevorrow.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The weirdest part about Henry, aside for everything, is that he doesn't get picked on at school. He is.

0:22.4

Like, everyone, everybody loves him. And then, like, when they're picking up, like, even when they

0:26.8

pick on little Jacob Tromblay, his classmates are picking on him. And they're like, no. And

0:31.8

Henry's like, stop or whatever. The kid's like, well, sorry, Henry, but he just sucks. You're great.

0:36.3

He's nothing. I'm like,

0:43.5

the second this kid gets up and corrects the previous kid's presentation, he is getting egged. Like, I don't know. At best, like, you get shoved into so many lockers by telling people

0:48.5

their presentation sucked and yours is so great. But you're forgetting, we're talking about

0:53.8

angelic, perfect kid genius, Henry.

0:58.4

This kid's fucking bulletproof man, except when it comes to brain tumors, apparently,

1:02.7

but everything else. A problem. Yeah, that's the next thing right there.

1:06.2

Underselling that bullying scene, because he's a little douchebag. At least you're smart. He's a nothing. He's a nothing. They're chanting he's a nothing. And I just thought it was amazing. That's a tough one to live down in grade schools. Everyone called you a nothing. Once you're dead, he's going to have nothing. Oh, wait, did I ruin it? Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I'm sorry. But that scene actually happens after a few quick ones, like where we go.

1:32.4

What, what? She picks him up from school, but we do see their fucking million dollar tree house.

1:38.9

Well, it's also trading some stocks, Eric. He's on the phone. He's just given the fucking born into a bull market. Isn't that fucking great?

1:47.3

It's a benefit of being born into a bull market. You see, money investor. And what I hate about this is like how it, the script like hides what he's done for her for no reason. It's all this like, come on, mom, you,

2:02.8

you don't have to work anymore. You know that. Why do you work at the shitty diner? Why don't

2:06.8

you get a new car? And it's like not till the ass end of this movie that Bobby Moynihan's character

2:12.6

opens this woman's mail and is like, you have $680,000 in some financial account or whatever.

2:20.4

And it's like, why doesn't that shit kind of front load the movie?

2:24.6

You got narration from this little turd, like, I made a bunch of investments.

2:28.3

And now our family's cushy because our shitty dad left.

2:31.1

Can kids even legally do these trades?

2:33.3

I know the e-trade baby was trying to mainstream it. No, I don't think so. I think the e-trade baby lied to you, Eric. Okay. Because I guess, and that's the weird part, too, like when he buys all this stuff. Later on, he's like, Bob, don't worry, I bought you a car. I'm like, where is his fake documentation? Where is, oh, oh, I got it right.

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