With A Friend Like Harry
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Movie Reviews of With A Friend Like Harry
Movie Review: Well crafted but old hat
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a well made film but it is just another take off on the theme of the seemingly good natured person who insinuates himself into a person's life and then proves to be very dangerous. It has been done about twenty times in American films - Fatal Attraction being the beginning of a long line of imitators. Unfortunately, the ending never explains everything. Is Harry really an old classmate? Why is he obsessed with Michael? What is the big deal with the "flying monkeys" story? We will never know because this film doesn't answer these questions.Movie Review: Harry is scarry
Summary: 4 Stars
~I love psychological dramas, especially taken from this french perspective! You will keep thinking all the way through this movie "what is this guy up to?" And at the end we can see how there is many disturbed individuals out there who prey on those who are at least more normal than they are! I like the acting and the realistic dialogue between the young parents trying to deal with a life less than perfect, but ultimately theirs.Movie Review: My First exposure to French Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw this in Chapel Hill when i was living in Durham, with a friend who actually was fluent in the language, her husband and my roomates. We then went to the pizza parlor and argued about the ending for an hour.It's well paced and understated, it is not an American film in any way. I think the average person would enjoy it as long as you approach it on its own merits as a foreign film and don't try to fit it into our mold.
Movie Review: Le trouble with Harry
Summary: 3 Stars
This quirky little French thriller blends the squirming discomfort of watching "Chuck & Buck"'s unabashed adult-aged schoolboy-on-schoolboy crush with "American Psycho"'s disturbingly casual mayhem. Michel, a young, harried working-class father vacationing with his three screaming kids and cranky wife has a "chance" meeting at a highway rest stop with an "old school chum" named Harry who does not seem readily familiar. Harry, a Trustafarian slacker with his trophy girlfriend in tow, rapidly proceeds to completely ingratiate himself into Michel's life, and things become, well, (in the interest of avoiding any "spoilers") let's just say, quite "interesting". Newcomer Sergi Lopez, who plays the oddly charming yet psychotic Harry with brilliant understatement, could easily become this generation's Dirk Bogarde (compare Lopez's character with the late Bogarde's in the psychologically similar "The Servant"). The film could have been tightened up a bit, but still has more substance than 90% of the Hollywood "thrillers" cluttering up the multiplex these days. Fans of Hitchcock and/or deadpan black comedy (a la Jarmusch or Lynch) will get the most entertainment value out of this one.Movie Review: Not for everyone
Summary: 3 Stars
This thriller is an excellently made film. I won't go into all the reasons here, as they're covered in most of the other reviews. The best thing about it is that it's in no way predictable, but neither is it unbelievable. The directer gave it a great atmosphere. While one is watching it, it's difficult to put a finger on exactly what's unsettling, but it is. I gave the film 3 stars because it's not for everyone; even those who like thrillers (like myself) may be slightly turned off by the protagonist's actions. For me, the conclusion and his actions (which I won't reveal here and spoil the film) left me unsatisfied. I rented the film with a free coupon and was glad I got it free, it's not a film I'd pay to watch.