Calling this movie strange is a vast understatement! Harold is a young man obsessed with death who often attends the funerals of people he doesn't even know and fakes his own death. One day at one of these funerals, he meets Maude, a woman who's nearly 80. They get to know each other and they eventually fall in love --- no kidding! Even though the plot is somewhat sickeningly bizarre, "Harold and Maude" succeeds wonderfully in providing genuine laughs, expecially when Harold tries to scare off his mother-arranged dates --- priceless!
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Starring:
Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers, M. Borman, Ray K. Goman
Directed by:
Hal Ashby
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1971 comedy
Rated PG.
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Don Ignacio's score: A+