Watching Jesus Henry Christ sometimes feels like being trapped in a building with a faulty fire alarm.
- Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail, May 25, 2012
If it all seems a tad to quirky and twee, that's the overwhelming flaw in director Lee's obvious and lightweight homage to director Wes Anderson.
- Linda Barnard, Toronto Star, May 24, 2012
Lee scratches the skin of family bonds until it bleeds.
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly, May 09, 2012
Even for a surreal black comedy, "Jesus Henry Christ" requires massive suspension of disbelief.
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post, May 04, 2012
So what is "Jesus Henry Christ" about?
- Stephen Holden, New York Times, May 03, 2012
It winds up just being annoying
- Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News, May 03, 2012
Making their screen debuts, young Spevack and Weinstein give the film's most natural performances and provide its little bit of warmth, but it seems time to petition Collette, a truly gifted actress, to take a long hiatus from playing bitter single moms.
- Chuck Wilson, Village Voice, May 01, 2012
Pleasant without being revelatory, underwhelming but not obnoxiously so, the film explores how we become who we are, whether by genetics or environment or some combination of the two.
- Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2012
Henry can finish a college application test in two minutes, yet Jesus Henry Christ doesn't know what to do with 90.
- Andrew Lapin, NPR, April 19, 2012
Too deliberately eccentric to attain quite the level of wigginess it aspires to, Jesus Henry Christ does feature some standout perfs and a refreshingly unconventional approach to telling its slight story.
- John Anderson, Variety, May 10, 2011
Mildly nutty comedy about a teen prodigy suffers from an underwritten script and overstylized gags.
- John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter, April 29, 2011
As precious as its prepubescent protagonist is precocious.
- Nick Schager, Time Out New York, May 01, 2012
The title alone invites you to cuss at this smug film about family tites, and you may do so the second you catch a whiff of the portentous first shot: a Wes Anderson put-on.
- Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine, April 30, 2012
