Harry + Max
TLA Releasing | Release Date: February 4, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
7

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
One of the film's oddest missteps is in making the boy-band gig just another occupation, instead of using it as a central way to illuminate the brothers' unusual bond. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
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. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Munch's usual stylishness and casual storytelling tenor lend persuasion to this curious drama about two brothers, both teen music idols, who demonstrate an incestuous attraction. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Intermittently insightful, but a disappointment from the talented Munch. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
For all its maturity - and nice performances from Johnson and Phoenix - the film winds up dancing around the 500-lb gorilla in the middle of the room rather than facing the pathology of its real subject head-on. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Provocative without being especially thoughtful or credible, Harry and Max registers as a severe disappointment coming from this talented filmmaker. Read full review
30
Film ThreatBrad Slager
Christopher Munch wrote and directed this feature and it is nearly impossible not to feel deep-seated anger towards him for what he has wrought on screen. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
A swirl of messy boundaries and loony dialogue. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
It's one of those rare movie failures that truly warrants being called ambitious. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Too superficial to shock or surprise. Read full review
25
New York PostDebra Birnbaum
If boy bands weren't already passé, Harry and Max would finish the job. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
There are brave, boundary-breaching movies, and there are mad, foolhardy ones. Harry and Max belongs to the latter breed. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The most shocking thing about Harry and Max isn't the subject matter. The most shocking thing is just how tepid it is. Read full review
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