Mrs. Harris: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: February 25, 2006

Summary: Writer-director Phyllis Nagy's made-for-HBO biopic chronicles the tragic relationship between divorced school headmistress Jean Harris and "Scarsdale Diet" creator Dr. Herman "Hy" Tarnower, which ended with the latter's murder in 1980.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series

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Tom Gliatto

The tone here can be offputtingly strange: brittle, flinty yet over the top. [20 Feb 2006, p.37]

David Hinckley

Their dance of love and rejection, of giddiness and bitterness, is a warped waltz, and Kingsley and Bening clearly relish every step. Read full review

Joy Press

Annette Bening is stunning in this smart biopic. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

The constant toing-and-froing of “Mrs. Harris” might have gotten tiresome, as an earlier HBO effort at revisionist biography, “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,” did. Bening, though, is somehow able to conjure up a completely new mood for each time and setting. Read full review

Rob Owen

"Mrs. Harris" is interesting but not intimate. It's cold, aloof and distant, much like the relationship it depicts between the principal characters. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Since I myself am a sucker for a true-crime cheesefest, I was loving this movie until I was rudely reminded by my friend Denise that, "This is neither good sleaze nor serious true crime! It's half a satire, and half a true crime movie!" Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Pointless and inert. Read full review

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PeggyD

Feb 25, 2006

I read the book when it published, lived through the events and trial, and I have always been riveted by Harris's obsession and capacity for such profound denial. Sad to say there was no jmention of her quiet life in NH now or her contribution to women's programs in corrections.