Review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) by Julian P — 17 Jun 2007

A very strange film. The oddball humor is welcome.

This review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) was written by Julian P on 17 Jun 2007.

The Trouble with Harry has generally received positive reviews.

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The trouble with Hitchcock is that when he tries to do pure comedy it feels so forced, not at all like many of his best thrillers, which have…

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By Petros T (610) on 16 Oct 2015

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By Nathan M (1,055) on 07 Apr 2015

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By Don P (66) on 16 Oct 2015

One of the Hitchcock five, and the one that's taken me all this time to get around to viewing it. It is quite simply bizarre…

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By Mark L (1,544) on 08 Mar 2014

Often overlooked, Hitchcock's under-appreciated black comedy is a suspense-less experiment in surrealism and perfectly constructed artifice…

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By Sam M (1,488) on 30 Dec 2017

The Trouble with Harry is somewhat slow in some parts and far from hilarious, but still quite funny in a couple of scenes and its subtle, quirky…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 27 Oct 2017

Harmless Hitchcock fun which is by no means up there with his classics but then again as a film it quite far removed from the rest of them…

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By Brad S (2,657) on 29 Nov 2014

Thoroughly enjoyed this rare comedy from Hitchcock. It looked amazing in HD, and is quite funny…

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