Take a trip back to the '70s and get Wild About Harry in this emotional drama about a family in transition at the same time the country as a whole is facing it's own loss of innocence. The film screens today at 4:15pm at the Little Theatre.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Program 16: Wild About Harry
Take a trip back to the '70s and get Wild About Harry in this emotional drama about a family in transition at the same time the country as a whole is facing it's own loss of innocence. The film screens today at 4:15pm at the Little Theatre.
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To anyone who missed this film - get it into your queue, rent it or buy it. AND, show it to your family!
Yeah I liked this film, too...especially in the last second of the film when the dedication popped up on the screen: "For Mr. Phibbs (sp?) & Dad--never able to walk together in the light." Heartbreaking and beautiful.
I don't know if there's something wrong with me but I didn't like this film as much as the other ones I saw.
I was just bored with it.
But that's just me. We all have our likes and dislikes. Don't worry, I still said it was good though :)
'Cause it is. It just *I* thought it was boring. That's all.
I was pleasantly surprised to read all the EXCELLENT votes this film got. This is why I love our ImageOut audiences. They know how to appreciate good stuff. Here are some of your comments.
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Dennis F said ...
Love the 70s period piece. Very groovy. Seriously though, it is interesting to see the early post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS gay community, beyond the sexual revolution - backroom, bathhouse scene.
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This was a moving and beautiful story. Nearly as good as UNDERTOW.
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Actually it was great! I wish I could have given it a 4.5.
Michael's comment:
This person gave the film a "good" rating.
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It was great! It was funny, touching, heart-breaking, and thoughtful. It's a great movie to OWN!
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Great message about acceptance!
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Brilliant - LOVED it!!!
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The story was movingly done. However, the word "gay" was used in 1973. Great acting!
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Nice film. Interesting to see that time period in Massachusetts. Loved the daughters.
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Amazing movie. Incredibly acted. Great job was done getting the message across without being heavy handed. The characterization was amazing and true to life.
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Sound advice. A must-see for coping with being different.
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This film was exceptional. Very worthy of our time.
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Excellent! A tear jerker.
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Very moving depiction of what makes a family, what love and understanding can overcome, and how intolerance and misunderstanding can destroy innocent people.
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STELLAR!
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Reminds us how far we have come legally and how far we still have to go. A fast conversion for Maddie, but a moving portrait of how the lie cannot be lived in a full life. Dad tells Maddie she must be true to who she is -- but he is the one who must learn to acknowledge that truth.
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Fair. A little overwrought.
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Why do I keep crying at all these movies!
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Excellent for family values.
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Uneven but sweet.
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Good choice for the festival!
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The acting is good but boy so heavy on the drama and so old-fashioned. But the setting is 1973 -- that might've had something to do with it. IDK I was only a baby way back then.
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Touching and funny.
Poignant.
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Unexpectedly wonderful!
I honestly loved this movie.
I thought that his older daughter did a 180 in about 5 minutes (going from "I hate you!" to 'I love my gay dad'), which seemed a bit unrealistic, but it still was fantastic!
It was funny, witty, and heart-breaking all at once. It was just great to see, even though I would have liked to know a bit more about the relationship between the father and the deceased mother, wondering if he always felt as though he was gay or if it was a realization after she passed.
Oh Harry - we're just wild about him, and this movie!
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