Harry and Tonto
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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: August 12, 1974 |
Starring:
Art Carney, Avon Long, Cliff De Young, Herbert Berghof, Josh Mostel, Michael McCleery, Philip Bruns, Rashel Novikoff, René Enríquez
Summary:
When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey with his beloved cat Tonto.
This is still a great Carney performance and inspired casting by writer/director Paul Mazursky. [16 Sep 2005]
This Paul Mazursky film is not a comedy but is full of humor -- and suspense about how Tonto is going to fit into and come out of the surprises along the way. [30 May 2003]
Uneven and often clumsy, yet with a distinctive satirical charm, the picture is full of misfits and faddists and social casualties.
This film has qualities of feeling and insight that set it apart from most movies about cantankerous coots. [18 Jun 1995, p.6]
The narrative of this sympathetic movie wobbles on the edge of sentimentality, though there are only a few sticky moments. But—unlike the novel, which moved swiftly—it has been directed at far too slow a pace, which means that the comic possibilities and the social comment have been diminished.
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