Harry + Max (Harry and Max) (2003)
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5% of critics liked it
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30% of users liked it
(432 ratings)
Following up his critically acclaimed third film, 2001's The Sleepy Time Gal, filmmaker Christopher Munch helmed this dramedy about a pair of brothers who embark on a camping trip together. Harry (Bryce Johnson) is the eldest of the two, a 23-year-old former teen idol who has stopped off for the… More Following up his critically acclaimed third film, 2001's The Sleepy Time Gal, filmmaker Christopher Munch helmed this dramedy about a pair of brothers who embark on a camping trip together. Harry (Bryce Johnson) is the eldest of the two, a 23-year-old former teen idol who has stopped off for the long-promised expedition while en route to a gig in Japan. Max (Cole Williams) is Harry's 16-year-old younger brother, a burgeoning pop star himself. As the siblings begin spending time together in seclusion, their cordialness erodes and strong feelings begin to come out, exposing old emotions that were never dealt with. Also featuring performances by Michelle Phillips and Rain Phoenix, Harry and Max premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Directed By
- Christopher Münch
- Written By
- Christopher Münch
- Genres
- Drama, Gay & Lesbian
- In Theaters
- Feb 4, 2005 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 20, 2005
- Studio
- TLA Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Seems like the work of a novice, with self-conscious expository passages and emotionally false conversations.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
To consider Harry and Max as being about incestuous feelings would be shortchanging it, because the film is really about the evolving nature of love and the need to define it.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Provocative without being especially thoughtful or credible.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Too superficial to shock or surprise.
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Debra Birnbaum, New York Post
Director Christopher Munch deftly raises disturbing questions, but he fumbles badly when groping for answers.
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Cast
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Bryce Johnson
as Harry
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Cole Williams
as Max
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Tom Gilroy
as Josiah
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Rain Phoenix
as Nikki
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Justin Zachary
as Jordan
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Michelle Phillips
as Mother
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Roni Deitz
as Roxanne
- Kate Ellis
- Mark L. Young
- Max Picioneri
