5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Henry Johnson (2025)
Henry Johnson (2025)
Overview
Henry Johnson is a 2025 American prison drama written and directed by David Mamet. Shia LaBeouf stars as the titular inmate who seeks his moral compass through encounters with authority figures and his future cellmate Gene, played by Evan Jonigkeit. Chris Bauer co-stars in this dark exploration of personal integrity behind bars.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.6
Overview
Henry Johnson is a 2025 American prison drama written and directed by David Mamet. Shia LaBeouf stars as the titular inmate who seeks his moral compass through encounters with authority figures and his future cellmate Gene, played by Evan Jonigkeit. Chris Bauer co-stars in this dark exploration of personal integrity behind bars.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film champions assertive masculinity and cynical survival as antidotes to naivety and passivity in a predatory world, decisively influenced by its solution-oriented endorsement of manipulative strength over misplaced compassion.
The film employs traditional casting with an all-white, all-male principal ensemble in archetypal male roles. Its exploration of power and morality among men includes subtle critiques of individual agency without advancing diversity, equity, or inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film lacks meaningful depictions of family structures, roles, or values, centering instead on individual moral dilemmas and power dynamics in professional and prison contexts. This absence results in a neutral stance on family-life norms.
The film presents a prison drama centered on power dynamics and ethical uncertainty among male characters, without any LGBTQ+ representation.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story unfolds among male protagonists in professional and prison environments, offering no portrayal of transsexual identities or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film directly adapts David Mamet's 2023 play, with the original all-male cast reprising their roles as characters like Henry Johnson, Gene, and Mr. Barnes, resulting in no gender swaps from the source material.
Henry Johnson presents original fictional characters from David Mamet's stage play, without prior canonical racial depictions in the source material or history, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.6
5.0
Critic Ratings
6.2
5.8
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