Harold and Maude (1971)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:32
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Hal Ashby's comedy is too dark and twisted for some, and occasionally oversteps its bounds, but there's no denying the film's warm humor and big heart.
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Reviews for Harold and Maude
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If there's one comedy to represent the woof and warp of the early '70s, "Harold and Maude" is it. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A doggedly eccentric film which some will reject out of hand. Others will find it profundly moving and life affirming. Full Review |
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Simpleminded, but it's fairly inoffensive, at least until Ashby lingers over the concentration-camp serial number tattooed on Gordon's arm. Some things are beyond the reach of whimsy. Full Review |
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It is most successful when it keeps to the tone of an insane fairystory set up at the beginning of the movie. Full Review |
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3/4 |
weird, very very weird Full Review |
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4/5 |
It's not quite a romance, not quite a buddy picture. It is, however, one of the '70s quirkiest comedies, and its bleak morbidity is uncommonly matched by its over-the-top hilarity. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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1/5 |
[Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon] both are so aggressive, so creepy and off-putting. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The epitome of a film that you can't believe you're laughing at, but you are. A lot. It hurts. In a good way.
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3/5 |
Black comedy that's a bit too whimsical
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1.5/4 |
The visual style makes everyone look fresh from the Wax Museum, and all the movie lacks is a lot of day-old gardenias and lilies and roses in the lobby, filling the place with a cloying sweet smell. Nothing more to report today. Full Review |
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B+ |
A black comedy cult classic. Full Review |
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5/5 |
By turns funny, moving and outrageous – sometimes all at once – the film is Hal Ashby's masterpiece. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Certainly a little twisted, but with such a powerfully warm 70's sunflower heart, "Harold and Maude" endears. I think of it as the cinematic equivalent to "The Little Prince" Full Review |
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