1/19/2006

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude isn't the great romance that the Farrelly Brothers think it is. It's merely very enjoyable, occasionally laugh out loud funny (I loved the bit where he talks to the general, the psychiatrist, and the priest and they're in front of pictures of Nixon, Freud, and the Pope), and with a soundtrack of Cat Stevens's best songs. Actually, a few were missing, but a lot of very good songs were there. Bud Cort was funny, and Ruth Gordon was very good, although not as good as in Rosemary's Baby. The computer dating was interesting. < Cosmo > A computer matched her with him? I don't think so < /Cosmo >. (Wait, was that just too obscure? I'm one of the few people who actually likes the movie. Maybe it's just the ending newscast.) Anyway, Harold and Maude was unfairly ignored when it came out, as it's definitely one of those 70's movies that is just so out there that you can't believe it was made.

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