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Handsome Harry

Can we ever change the past?

2009 · 1h 34m · R Crime, Drama
Directed by Bette Gordon

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Overview

An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.

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80%
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Rotten

Handsome Harry is a small film with more to say than its creaky exposition and formulaic plot would suggest. Frustration is perhaps the more appropriate critical response.

Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
Fresh

Sheridan (who also produced) is well cast as the good-looking, rugged Harry, and his performance is certainly adequate.

Luke Sader, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Like any low-budget production, Handsome Harry has some shakily staged scenes and erratic acting, but it also has wonderful moments...

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh

David has honed this script for 30 years, and every word he utters is momentous. Handsome Harry transcends its somewhat melodramatic narrative.

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

Each of its miserable characters, especially Mr. Savage's Rheems, is a case study in a film that hits you like a strident polemical essay.

Stephen Holden, New York Times

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