Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (44,916 ratings)

While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan's dad, George (John Lithgow); mom, Nancy (Melinda Dillon); daughter, Sarah (Margaret Langrick); and son, Ernie (Joshua Rudoy), accidently run over a strange animal with their car, and when they get out to see what it is, they find… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
William Dear, Bill Martin
Genres
Comedy, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Jun 5, 1987 Limited
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ellen Dendy, Common Sense Media

    A big, Harry family adventure full of laughs.

  • Clint Morris, Film Threat

    Up there with E.T, as one of the top family flicks of the 80s

  • Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

    Just as Mac and Me eventually devolved into a feature-length commercial for McDonald's, Harry and the Hendersons eventually emerges as a vegetarian screed.

  • Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

    You know you're a child of the '80s if you still hear Harry's police siren howl in the back of your memory.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    Charming and silly.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Harry and the Hendersons is an 80's classic. Not the big Steven Spielberg production it could have been, more of a welcome relief in fact. The TV show was pretty good too, Sunday afternoons of Harry and the Hendersons, Alf and then Dinosaurs were the happiest of my childhood.… More

  • Jens S


    A family hits bigfoot with their car when coming back from camping and decide to take the corpse back with them to Seattle. The problem: he isn't dead, but one of the most lovable creatures ever put on film. You gotta give Kevin Peter Hall credit for expressing a lot through his… More

  • Directors C


    This 80's family comedy is a passable flick and nothing more. It didn't produce a lot of laughs but it's not without it's charm.

  • Jason O


    Family movie classic indeed...easy to see why I'd always heard it mentioned from time to time.

  • Lucas M


    Not so good like apparent be. Rotten.

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