Surprisingly, in this era of revisionist Westerns, writer/director Potsy Ponciroli delivers a throwback in the form of an old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes Western by-numbers with the humble ambitions that give it a B-movie ambience.
The set-up is spare, and events are predictable; it’s almost like an exercise in stripped-back storytelling. The only odd thing about “Old Henry” is that it landed in the Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up at all.
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