With a Friend Like Harry...

Original title: Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien

2000
R
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

12K

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Sergi López in With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama Mystery Thriller

Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

12K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 15 nominations total

Trivia
Miramax Films released U.S. version in theaters.

Quotes
[on how to deal with difficult parents]
Harry Ballestero: You have to overreact.

Crazy credits
In the opening credit sequence, a straight-down aerial shot, the letters of the credits cast shadows on the ground (with realistic penumbras) as if they were actually suspended in mid-air.

Connections
Edited into Making of 'Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien' (2001)

Soundtracks
Ramona
Music by Mabel Wayne
Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Performed by Dolores Del Río
Publishing 1927 by EMI Catalogue Partnership
By permission of Editions EMI Catalogue Partnership France

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Could've been much better

The major flaw with this film is that Harry's motivation for his patronage of Michel and Claire is never fully disclosed. It obviously has something to do with wanting Michel to start writing again, but I was waiting for the entire film to find out what Harry is really after and I never did. Character-driven stories are all about motivations and desires, and these are lacking in this, a very character-driven film, which harms rather than helps it.