Review of Harold and Maude (1971) by Adam K — 06 Jul 2010

So many people poo poo the idea of this film "An old lady hooking up with a 20-something guy? Eewwww" but if you can get past that initial reaction this is actually a beautiful love story.

I'm a bit of a sucker for a different kind of love story and this is the #1.

So she's 80ish and he's 20ish, the fact that both rejected from a world that doesn't understand them they find a soul mate in each other. And that's beautiful. And after all, isn't that all we really want - someone who understands us?