Harry, He's Here to Help
| Harry, He's Here to Help | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Dominik Moll |
| Produced by | Michel Saint-Jean |
| Written by |
Dominik Moll Gilles Marchand |
| Starring |
Laurent Lucas Sergi López Mathilde Seigner Liliane Rovere Sophie Guillemin |
| Music by | David Whitaker |
| Cinematography | Matthieu Poirot-Delpech |
| Edited by | Yannick Kergoat |
| Distributed by | Diaphana Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $30.3 million[1] |
Harry, He's Here to Help (French: Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien - "Harry, a friend who wishes you well", US title: With a Friend Like Harry...) is a French film released in 2000. It was directed by Dominik Moll.
Plot
Middle-class couple Michel (Laurent Lucas) and Claire (Mathilde Seigner) have a chance meeting with Harry (Sergi López), a high school acquaintance of Michel's. Starting with that meeting, Harry, traveling with his girlfriend Plum (Sophie Guillemin), becomes obsessed with Michel and Claire and begins to have a profound and damaging effect on the young couple.
Cast
- Laurent Lucas as Michel
- Sergi López as Harry
- Mathilde Seigner as Claire
- Sophie Guillemin as Prune (Plum)
- Liliane Rovère as Mother
- Dominique Rozan as Father
- Michel Fau as Eric
- Victoire de Koster as Jeanne
- Laurie Caminata as Sarah
- Lorena Caminata as Iris
Reception
Harry, He's Here to Help received acclaim from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 96% approval rating, based on 90 reviews, with an average score of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads, "A darkly funny thriller that's reminiscent of Hitchcock."[2] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 75, based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Awards and nominations
The film won several César Awards including for Best Actor (Lopez), Best Director (Moll) and Best Editing (Yannick Kergoat).
It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2414
- ↑ "With a Friend like Harry... (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "Harry Is Here to Help". Metacritic.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Harry, He's Here to Help". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.