Henry & June

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Henry & June

NC-17

1990

2h 16m

Drama

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A literary love triangle is explored in this film, which was the first to earn an NC-17 rating. While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), meet Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

Critics Consensus

Henry & June celebrates sensuality and passion, though the portentous filmmaking drags it down by a large degree.

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Kirk Honeycutt

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 3, 2015

Following Kaufman's impressive cinematic adaptations of such difficult-to-film works as The Right Stuff and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Henry and June is a major disappointment.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

An hour too long.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

May 20, 2003

Presented with excessive weight.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Dec 6, 2022

Henry and June is really bad. [Full review in Spanish]

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Allison Green

Gay Community News (Boston)

Sep 8, 2022

This is a movie from a straight, male point of view and we’ve seen it all before.

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Kelly Allgaier

Curve

May 18, 2022

The movie is sensually evocative, full of dreamy music and soft camera angles that capture the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the Thirties.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Nov 28, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 24, 2025

Adults only 18 years and older.

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Stephen C

@dogfood23111 Dec 29, 2024

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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May 8, 2021

I really liked this one! They show everything!!!

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steve d

@RT35616104 Jul 10, 2020

It dragged and its entire story is uninteresting.

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader Feb 1, 2019

The best romance movie ever made!

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Fred Ward

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Uma Thurman

June Miller

Maria de Medeiros

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Synopsis

A literary love triangle is explored in this film, which was the first to earn an NC-17 rating. While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), meet Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

Director: Philip Kaufman
Producer: Peter Kaufman
Screenwriter: Philip Kaufman, Rose Kaufman
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française, Walrus & Associates
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 1990, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jun 1, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.0M
Runtime: 2h 16m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround

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