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www.mutantreviewers.com - : I wanted to review this movie because it is by far one of my most favorite films ever made. I thought that would make it instantly easy to encapsulate and explain. Fact of the matter is that this movie is really unlike any other I've ever seen. Because it refuses to fit into any specific genre it's impossible to compare it with any other films. It's a comedy, but a dark one to be sure. It's a love story but one that defies definition. It's a drama, but one that's way too funny and romantic to ever get heavy handed. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : The love of a 20-year-old boy for an 80-year-old woman is the basis for a macabre comedy that borders on the distasteful but always manages to be entertaining in the hands of veteran Ruth Gordon and young Bud Cort. Director Hal Ashby, formerly an Academy Award-winning editor, displayed a similar flair for offbeat humor with “The Landlord” and doesn’t let the situation get out of hand very often. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Death can be as funny as most things in life, I suppose, but not the way Harold and Maude go about it. They meet because they're both funeral freaks, and one day their eyes lock over a grave. They fall into conversation after Maude steals Harold's hearse and offers him a ride. Harold drives a hearse, by the way, because he is fascinated by death, particularly his own. So fascinated that maybe the only reason he doesn't kill himself is that suicide would put an end to his suicide fantasies. You can see that Harold is a young man with a problem. more...
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