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Movie Overview
Cast
• Laurent Lucas
• Sergi Lopez
• Mathilde Seigner
Director
• Dominik Moll
MPAA Rating
R - for language, some violence, and a scene of nudity
With a Friend Like Harry (2001)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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"A nervy, mostly successful reworking of Hitchcockian themes and devices."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

B
"It is a frightening tale, but it is done in such a humorous manner that you might not realize how twisted it is until you start making a body count."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"A superb black comedy."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"A low-boiling suspense film that is made all the more creepy by masquerading as an 'unwelcome guest' comedy for an hour or so."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

A-
"A truly seductive thriller that wins you over with slyness and suspense."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/4
"A more energetic and interesting entry than what one has come to expect from this overpopulated genre."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"The dramatic tensions and character fabrications are pure Hitchcock."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"If Hitchcock were alive today, he'd probably be happy to see someone carrying on the tradition of entertaining viewers with well-crafted, if old-fashioned thrillers that play off the restraint-based notion that sometimes less is more."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

7/10
"A quiet thriller...with occasional touches of macabre humor and the odd moment of suspense."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

B
"The ambiguity surrounding Harry's persona and motivations lets the air out of the film's climax."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

"If Hitchcock had made What About Bob?, this engrossing and blackly funny French psychological thriller would be it."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/4
"The disturbingly flip sense of humor maintained throughout gives the film's shocking twists an added edge of nastiness."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Encourages yelling at the screen."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

2.5/4
"The complexity of the plot has to do with the way Michel is changed by Harry."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
"One can't help but call on the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock to describe Dominik Moll's With a Friend Like Harry."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

"There's something about Harry, all right, and we can smell it all the way down the road - yet it is still a surprise when it finally manifests itself."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

4/5
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B
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8/10
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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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