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With a Friend Like Harry
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MPAA RATING: R for language, some violence and a scene of nudity
Starring Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner, and Sophie Guillemin
A spiraling descent into fear and the perils of relationships in the tradition of Hitchcock. (Miramax Films)
| GENRE(S): | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Gilles Marchand
Dominik Moll |
| DIRECTED BY: | Dominik Moll |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 23, 2001 Video: October 23, 2001 Theatrical: April 20, 2001 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 117 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | France |
| LANGUAGE(S): | French (with English subtitles) |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chad S. gave it an 8:
Spotting the nods to Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" is the main reason to see "Harry, He's Here to Help" (this is the superior original title) about a psycho and his unrequited love. As every movie fanatic knows, Brian DePalma uses violence more explicitly than Hitchcock. Dominick Moll, on the other hand, prefers spurts of humor over blood, in which the comedic side of Hitchcock is made more explicit. People like to joke about killing the interior decorator when he/she errs, but in "With a Friend Like Harry", it's no laughing matter. This sometimes wonderful film manages to be funny and scary. How Harry murders his victims are beautifully rendered, with hardly an iota of blood, like Hitchcock. The name change is unfortunate because the original title serves as a sort of punchline for the final scene.
Junichi S. gave it a 4:
I kept waiting for a clear explanation of Lopez's character's motivations, but nothing is ever revealed. In other words, this is no better than any other slasher film, except that everyone speaks French.
Jon C. gave it a 9:
Sergi Lopez is brilliant. Funny and frightening at the same time. Check out "An Affair of Love" also.
Karen C. gave it a 10:
If you've ever had an old college friend pop into your life and discovered how the past impinges upon the present with a disruptive yet positive influence, if your parents have died and you've experienced a mix of elation at your sudden freedom and despair at your own mortality, if you wonder if drinking raw eggs after orgasm increases virility, if you're a blocked writer or an over-exhausted parent, or if you've ever been a down-to earth, practical couple renovating a home with independently wealthy, decadent, sensual friends who can oversleep and indulge in hedonistic freedoms, if you love a sinister Hitchcokian thriller with black comedy at once realistic and absurd, you'll adore this exquisite gem of a film.
Max C. gave it a 7:
Thrilling movie without being too "horror." I thought the actors were perfectly cast and the writer and director subtly took normal lives and twisted them upside down. I love that there is not "full disclosure" like in so many American films. There is plenty left unsaid and that's fine.
Alan H. gave it a 3:
Less than meets the eye. Second rate synthetic Hitchcock.
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