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Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier, either. It seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higgins, about the unlikely romance between a death-obsessed 19-year-old named Harold (Bud Cort) and a life-loving 79-year-old widow named Maude (Ruth Gordon). They meet at a funeral, and Maude finds something oddly appealing about Harold, urging him to "reach out" and grab life by the lapels as opposed to dwelling morbidly on mortality. Harold grows fond of the old gal--she's a lot more fun than the girls his mother desperately matches him up with--and together they make Harold & Maude one of the sweetest and most unconventional love stories ever made. Much of the earlier humor arises from Harold's outrageous suicide fantasies, played out as a kind of twisted parlor game to mortify his mother, who's grown immune to her strange son's antics. Gradually, however, the film's clever humor shifts to a brighter outlook and finally arrives at a point where Harold is truly happy to be alive. Featuring soundtrack songs by Cat Stevens, this comedy certainly won't appeal to all tastes (it was a box-office flop when first released), but if you're on its quirky wavelength, it might just strike you as one of the funniest movies you've ever seen. --Jeff Shannon
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Jay Roberts
Format:DVD
I know people who have visited Venice and Prague and seen only the graffiti. I know people who have watched Harold and Maude and seen only an affair between a young boy and an old woman. I suspect they're the same people, and I feel for them.
I love movies. I love a lot of movies for a lot of reasons. My "top ten" probably includes about a hundred. But if I have to choose one, I can never think of one more complete, sweet, amazing or satisfying than Harold and Maude.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By DeeDee
Format:Blu-ray
Harold and Maude is one of my favorite movies. I was really excited to own it on bluray. I didn't mind paying $40.00 for it, I figured there must be some really interesting extras or a booklet of something that would justify the price. A couple of interviews and some songs is all I got. Defiantly not worth the price tag. However the movie is fantastic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Anne Wright
Format:VHS Tape
I have been raving about this movie for about 15 years now. To see it once is to see it dozens of times. I can recite it and still get something out of it every time. It is by far, my favorite movie of all time. Whenever you lack lust for life, see Maude in action. "I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this.... allow themselves to be treated as that." Maude
I think we all have a bit of Harold in us that is waiting for a Maude.
May you find it.
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Published 1 month ago by F. Marra
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Fraîcheur ,originalité
Il y a dans ce film le désir de nous amener à vivre avec intensité,par opposition à ceux qui fuient la vie en vivant comme des morts. Read more
Published 1 month ago by apasionnata.ca
5.0 out of 5 stars
great movie
harold and maude has always been one of my all time favourites and this blu ray criterion release is every harold and maude fans dream, great interviews in the booklet as well as... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Felicia
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Excellent sur toute la ligne !
Le produit m'a été livré dans le délai prévu. La qualité mentionnée était exacte. Read more
Published 3 months ago by MFJ
5.0 out of 5 stars
tres bon film
un des meilleurs films que j'ai vue, une histoire d'Amour incroyable.
Le service a été impécable, livraison rapide, le produit est arriver en bon... Read more
Le service a été impécable, livraison rapide, le produit est arriver en bon... Read more
Published 13 months ago by sacha
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite films
A delicious, heartbreaking comedy that's not afraid of emotion and sadness, about the
love affair between a death obsessed 19 year old, and a life obsessed 80 year old. Read more
love affair between a death obsessed 19 year old, and a life obsessed 80 year old. Read more
Published 23 months ago by K. Gordon
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I bought this expensive film only because in the Product Details given by Amazone it says : Original language : English, French. Read more
I bought this expensive film only because in the Product Details given by Amazone it says : Original language : English, French. Read more
Published on Dec 20 2009 by Guillaume Tell
5.0 out of 5 stars
bittersweetness of life
Harold and Maude is an insightful, comedic and touching view of two individuals who are seemingly polar opposites. Read more
Published on Jun 5 2004 by strider
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Hialrious!
I watched this movie the first time with a bunch of friends, and the general consensus was that it was the best movie they had ever seen. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004 by Rain
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful, wonderful & wonderful!
In an age of cynicism, bitterness, and pointless movies about horny teenagers, this film is a breath of fresh air. Movies like this simply do not get made anymore. Read more
Published on Mar 21 2004
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