Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 06/27/2000
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
A young man with a death wish and a 79-year-old high on life find love in
Hal Ashby's cult
black comedy. Deadpan rich boy
Harold (
Bud Cort) keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother (
Vivian Pickles), but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death,
Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited
Maude (
Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core,
Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and nude modeling among her many pursuits. To the disgust of
Harold's relatives and the befuddlement of
Harold's shrink,
Harold falls in love with her. As lilting
Cat Stevens tunes play on the soundtrack,
Maude teaches
Harold a valuable lesson about making the most of his time on earth.
~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
;)
