Handsome Harry

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Aug 29, 2017 This is the only film I have ever seen which (thanks to Jamey Sheridan's performance as the title character) portrays a man straddling the middle of the Kinsey scale on sexuality whose fear of being gay leads not only to expectable denial, but who can destroy the object his same sex affection and build a false memory that he even had a role in it. It is a magnificent acting job of focusing so much on the man you want to be - a man you can't really be - and not noticing that although you have the trappings of a "normal" life, you have never really connected with those who are ostensibly "close" to you. Harry straddles distance/intimacy with his son, with a waitress at his local diner, and the inference that he is divorced would indicate an intimacy failure there, too, although it produced a child. Sheridan takes all these contradictions in Harry's character and makes them credible in a single person. It is a portrayal on a par with the complex masculine characters created by Sam Elliot in "Lifeguard" and Warren Beatty in "Shampoo". Harry is flawed, real, exasperating, admirable and detestable all at once. This movie deserves a theatrical re-release and for more people to see it. I saw it on YouTube and it is now one of my favorite movies. See more Aug 5, 2014 Slow-moving, slightly posturing drama. See more Feb 25, 2014 I really enjoyed this movie..... Came across it by accident, and I am glad I did. See more Mar 7, 2013 This film wasn't difficult to predict, but that's not to say it was obvious. Regardless, the story was compelling and so very sad. See more Oct 12, 2012 Formulaic, but fair. See more Jul 16, 2012 I saw Steve Buscemi's name attached to this, and admittedly, that was my sole reason for watching it. He appeared in it for only about five minutes, but I didn't mind; I kept watching. This is an incredible film, brave with its subject matter and the way it handles it. It's so much more believable than many other films dealing with homosexuality and homophobia. See more Read all reviews

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