← Back to Movies

Harold and Maude

Cast

Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack View All

Crew

Hal Ashby (Director), Colin Higgins (Writer) View All

Release: Dec. 20th, 1971

Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don�t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

Average Rating:

Replies Discussions

34 Harold & Maude Movie Poll Discussion

Okay, gang of thieves! Time to discuss HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971). "Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a ...

Reviewed by

mark f
Harold was probably supposed to be about seven years older than I am, but I was in the last group that actually had their birth dates numbered in the draft, so even if it happened to me after I saw Harold and Maude, I definitely can relate to something about why Harold sees death as the way to live and "fake death" as preferable to real death.

READ REVIEW

Citizen Rules
Harold and Maude (1971) Director: Hal Ashby Writer: Colin Higgins Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama Romanc.

READ REVIEW

Omnizoa
I like how the two contrast and complement each other in their various ways, Maude to Harold moreso than Harold to Maude though, that would be a criticism of mine.

READ REVIEW

View All (4)