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Mrs. Harris

Summary This HBO film tells the story of Jean Harris, the ladylike headmistress of a New York prep school who shot and killed her lover of 14 years. Did "Scarsdale Diet Doctor" Herman Tarnower drive her to murder through unfaithfulness and manipulation, or did Mrs. Harris accidentally shoot him while trying to commit suicide, as she claimed in c...

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Mrs. Harris

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 25, 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
70
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Summary This HBO film tells the story of Jean Harris, the ladylike headmistress of a New York prep school who shot and killed her lover of 14 years. Did "Scarsdale Diet Doctor" Herman Tarnower drive her to murder through unfaithfulness and manipulation, or did Mrs. Harris accidentally shoot him while trying to commit suicide, as she claimed in c...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
15 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
15 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5% Negative
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100
Scene by scene, "Mrs. Harris" overcomes the rote nature of true crime stories.
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
80
Entertaining... What [Nagy] has done is tailor this tabloid material to several different narrative tastes, which alternate as the movie shifts from love affair to temper tantrum to gunfire to murder trial and back again.
By John Leonard FULL REVIEW
75
Bening provides the spark that drives "Mrs. Harris," keeping its darkly funny irony from degenerating into campy humor.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
70
It's a psychologically rich study of love's mutability, presented in a boldly stylized, darkly comic manner.
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70
"Mrs. Harris" is interesting but not intimate. It's cold, aloof and distant, much like the relationship it depicts between the principal characters.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
The costumes are gorgeous, the sets are time-period gems, and the actors are among the best.... But the story to which they've been appended is hollow. It's like an exquisitely wrapped empty box.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
30
Pointless and inert.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • HBO Films
  • Killer Films
  • Number 9 Films
  • John Wells Productions
  • Film4
Initial Release Date: Feb 25, 2006
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 12 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations

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