"Henry Johnson" review: David Mamet's Famous Dialogue Lands with a Thud

After a 17-year absence behind the camera, David Mamet adapts his 2023 play Henry Johnson for the silver screen. And his signature power dynamics, moral corruption, and raging machismo are evident in another blistering onslaught of rapid-fire dialogue. The production takes place in three stark settings with a minimalist set design, lighting, and sound cues, a bare-bones approach that may have worked if the material or characters were interesting. Henry Johnson isn’t engaging and doesn’t spur the visceral response of Mamet’s previous Pulitzer Prize-winning work. The result is a tedious journey that lacks cinematic virtue.

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