Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 10
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Release Date: Jun 5, 1987 Limited
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Average Rating: 3/5
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While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan's dad, George (John Lithgow); mom, Nancy (Melinda Dillon); daughter, Sarah (Margaret Langrick); and son, Ernie (Joshua Rudoy), accidently run over a strange animal with their car, and when they get out to see what it is, they find the seemingly dead body of a hairy Bigfoot-type monster (Kevin Peter Hall). Believing that the creature is a grizzly bear, the Hendersons take it home, planning to stuff the beast and put it on display in
Jun 5, 1987 Limited
Apr 24, 2007
Universal Pictures
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (10) | DVD (4)
A big, Harry family adventure full of laughs.
Up there with E.T, as one of the top family flicks of the 80s
Just as Mac and Me eventually devolved into a feature-length commercial for McDonald's, Harry and the Hendersons eventually emerges as a vegetarian screed.
You know you're a child of the '80s if you still hear Harry's police siren howl in the back of your memory.
Charming and silly.
John Lithgow paying his dues.
This 80's family comedy is a passable flick and nothing more. It didn't produce a lot of laughs but it's not without it's charm.
January 7, 2012
Super Reviewer
Family movie classic indeed...easy to see why I'd always heard it mentioned from time to time.
October 25, 2011Super Reviewer
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