Review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) by Leighton T — 03 Sep 2011
In the spirit of Hitchcock and his sense of humor, The Trouble with Harry is a perfect fit for him. It is not the most dynamic within his cannon (no real directorial flourishes here), nor near the strongest in terms of story, characters, themes, etc.
, but it is a delightfully dark comedic piece that plays best in its small moments and moves along quite agilely in its short running time. The beautiful color with which Hitchcock places against this story of a random dead man is a perfect mismatch within this play-like film.
Gwenn, Forsythe, MacLaine, and Natwick provide a nice tandem and work well with the broad humor strokes, as well as the biting and even absurdist moments that tinge around the edges. It's one of his lightest and in someways hardly feels like a Hitchock film, and yet it feels exactly like a film he would have made ten of.
This review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) was written by Leighton T on 03 Sep 2011.
The Trouble with Harry has generally received positive reviews.
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