Harmony and Me (2009)

93% of critics liked it
(14 reviews)
65% of users liked it
(208 ratings)

Stubbornly embracing his own unhappiness on the heels of a recent breakup, loquacious young songwriter Harmony's self-imposed exile into misery serves as a source of irritation to his headstrong mother, and a curious source of amusement to his eccentric friends. Justin Rice, Kevin Corrigan, and Pat… More Stubbornly embracing his own unhappiness on the heels of a recent breakup, loquacious young songwriter Harmony's self-imposed exile into misery serves as a source of irritation to his headstrong mother, and a curious source of amusement to his eccentric friends. Justin Rice, Kevin Corrigan, and Pat Healy star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.
Directed By: Bob Byington
Written By: Bob Byington
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2009 Wide
Studio: MoMA

Critic Reviews

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Represents much of what is wonderful and fresh about the recent wave of ultra-low-budget American independent filmmaking.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Austin, Texas, has never looked more unlovely, and its residents more clueless, than in Harmony and Me, a funny, wry mumblecore comedy by Bob Byington.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
In a flat, dry affect, the movie sings the breakup blues.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Despite the film's sketchy aesthetic and barely animate lead, its tone is carefully contrived: I'll wager no one in your circle is as dryly funny or spontaneously surreal as Harmony's nonsupport group.
Vadim Rizov, Village Voice
Slight, indifferently shot, and entirely lacking in ballast, Harmony and Me's sole justification for being is that it's consistently very funny.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
As awkward as its title character.
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix
This bagatelle from Bob Byington is Greenberg lite, or maybe an edgier The Office, or softcore mumblecore.
Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics
A great new director with a great and laid back saga that will be too laid back for some but well worth the watching.
Karina Longworth, Time Out New York
Harmony is a finely tuned comedy, complete with precisely scripted jokes and comic set pieces that swerve toward the playfully perverse.
Don R. Lewis, Film Threat
Bob Byington's "Harmony and Me" is an indie gem that isn't at all what it appears to be at first glance.
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
It may be true that every generation deserves its droll slacker comedy. But every five years?
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A mumblecore-ish debut feature from writer-director Bob Byington that's far less interested in oblique conversational navel-gazing than in dry humor.