Review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) by Benjamin W — 09 Feb 2008

This is the funniest Alfred Hitchcock movie I've seen. The trouble with Harry was that he's dead.

This review of The Trouble with Harry (1955) was written by Benjamin W on 09 Feb 2008.

The Trouble with Harry has generally received positive reviews.

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By Aram G (33) on 17 May 2017

A pleasant mortuary-themed comedy from the master which is noteable for the introduction of cute, carrot-cropped Shirley McClaine…

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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 Roman R (421) on 09 Nov 2013

The Trouble with Harry is...well it's not overly funny…

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By Jeff S (1,369) on 15 Apr 2014

The Great Bernard Herrmann soundtrack is a huge part of this films appeal…

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By Croce S (6) on 06 Jan 2014

Black humour is more or less always present in the vast majority of Hitchcock's work…

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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 Dillinger P (324) on 06 Aug 2015

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY is probably the most atypical Hitchcock film I've seen so far…

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By Grant S (1,780) on 07 Nov 2016

Silly and slow-ish, but enjoyable comedy. but I am biased because anything is good for me if Shirley macLaine is in it…

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By Late R (405) 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 Matthew D (1,591) on 20 Feb 2016

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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