Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

davyyells As someone who rarely writes reviews, I must say that this is most definitely the most beautiful movie of all time. I started it with very low hopes and by the end I was stuck looking at the stunning masterpiece. I must also say that I had never cried during a movie or television show before. I've watched many movies. This was the only movie I've ever cried and it wasn't just a tear, I mean I was in full baby mode. The movie shows Maude teaching Harold something about life that I've never seen a movie, or even person, be able to teach anyone. You sit there as a viewer thinking you're watching Maude teach Harold but before you know it, Maude has taught you.

avik-basu1889 A suicidal teenager, an eighty year old 'pixie dream girl' and an overt flower power era attitude towards the world, its customs, its sensibilities and its politics. Hal Ashby constantly blurs the line between reality and imagination in this existential comedy-drama by using bizarrely hallucinatory sequences and abstract staging of scenes. The oddball nature of some scenes truly verge on slapstick comedy and I think the film deliberately plays these scenes for comedic effect.The film works because of the peculiar chemistry between Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon. Overall it didn't leave a very lasting effect in my mind, but it's certainly a cute little film that can be enjoyed.

SimonJack Is "Harold and Maude" an art film? It doesn't bother with a plot. For that matter, it has nothing of the elements of a stage script, screenplay or story. There may be a little message -- about the idle rich, the spoiled rich finding no meaning in life. Certainly, no joy. As much as Ruth Gordon's Maude tries to convince to the contrary, there is no life in the empty, self-absorbed existence that she and Bud Cort's Harold pursue. Rather, it's an escapist, fantasy existence. They don't look for meaning. They just want a different experience … time after time after time. They are delusional. This film is billed as a comedy, drama and romance. I wonder if people who have lost someone close by suicide could see any comedy in Harold's obsession with it. Or his attempts at humor by faking suicide. Or is it really that funny to see an octogenarian squeal a car in circles around a police officer or in an intersection? Perhaps this film is something Timothy Leary would have seen or imagined on LSD. I can't imagine anyone being entertained by this drivel. My two stars are for some beautiful coastal scenic shots. Otherwise, this film is a waste of good celluloid.

SquigglyCrunch My brother told me this was one of his favorite movies, so we watched it together. It was not at all what I expected, not that I had really any expectations to begin with. I'd heard the name mentioned, but never known anything about it, nor cared enough to do any research.As stated in the summary, it was a little to weird for my taste. Sure, it was funny (in a dark way) at points, and the relationship between Harold and Maude was all fine and dandy, but it went a little too far. And it was weird to witness. The ending was unexpected though, which added to it. I felt that the movie was a little rushed, with none of the intended change in Harold being found until the very end of the movie. The movie felt like it wasn't particularly paced well in this sense. Overall, this just isn't my kind of movie. Sure, it was enjoyable enough, but it really just didn't click with me. If you liked it, great. If you loved it, good for you. It's not for everybody, and it certainly wasn't for me. If your looking for something different and have a darker sense of humor, then take a look at Harold and Maude.