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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 10/23/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Thriller, Black Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Psychological Thriller

Dominik Moll directs this black comedy about a family outing gone to hell. The film opens with Michel (Laurent Lucas) and Claire (Mathilde Seigner) on the edge of a nervous breakdown in a cramped hot car with three screaming children. At a roadside rest stop, Michel meets Harry (Sergi Lopez) who, after some encouragement, recalls that they went to high school together. Harry and his girlfriend Plum (Sophie Guillemin) weasel their way into Michel and Claire's life, and soon the two are following the haggard family to their tumbledown summer cottage. Though he seems friendly enough, Michel and Claire start to notice that something is not quite right with their newfound friend -- he recites from memory a poem Michel wrote 20 years ago, he suddenly buys them an expensive new Jeep when their old car dies, and he has a tendency to kill people who get on his nerves. This film was screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Laurent Lucas - Michel
Sergi López - Harry
Mathilde Seigner - Claire
Liliane Rovere
Sophie Guillemin - Plum

Dominik Moll's stylish psychological thriller With a Friend Like Harry... comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are both rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English subtitles are accessible. Although the lack of supplemental materials is a disappointment, the high quality of the film itself makes this disc worth a look. Anyone looking for something outside the Hollywood mainstream should enjoy this DVD. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide