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5.0 out of 5 stars
i have waited 28 years for this one...., January 25, 2000
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This review is from: Who Is Harry Kellerman [VHS] (VHS Tape)
i first saw this movie when it was released in 1971 and it blew me away. i have waited 28 years to find it on video. in around 1985 i stumbled on it on late-night tv, about a third of the way thru and taped what was left....the movie had that much of a pull on me. hoffman is brilliant as a bob dylan-like, aging rock star who has everything and nothing. terrific writing all the way thru, the film blends music, psychoanalysis, lament and comedy.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A comic masterpiece, January 9, 2000
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This review is from: Who Is Harry Kellerman [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Dustin Hoffmann gives a rare, little known performance as a manic depressive schizoid rock star but the movie's magic comes from its superb character actors (the shrink, the Bronx mother and so on) and from its visual drama, such as Hoffman's jump off the GM tower on 5th avenue and the ending in lower Manhattan. Not for the middle of the road crowd, this one calls for a bit of verve in the viewer's noggin.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Oddball Treat, January 18, 2006
This review is from: Who Is Harry Kellerman [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is a rather bizarre film, unlike any other I've ever seen, but I love it. Dustin Hoffman shines as Georgie Solloway, a Paul Simon-esque songwriter who is finding his tremendous financial success increasingly unfulfilling. His lack of happiness, lack of sleep, and lack of real friends has him talking to himself and thinking he's crazy. And he may well be, since his conversations with his therapist (the always excellent Jack Warden) seem to be mostly hallucinatory. Hoffman appears in nearly every second of the film, and his performance is a tour de force. Some of the film's 'hip' dialogue has aged poorly, but the soundtrack is great, and by and large the movie is an undiscovered treat from director Ulu Grosbard, who didn't make another picture for six years ("Straight Time," also starring Hoffman). Look for Dom DeLuise in a small, early part as Hoffman's accountant, and especially for Barbara Harris' fantastic portrayal of a would-be singer who knows that she has probably aged past most of her schoolgirl dreams. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for this role, and deservedly so. She would lose out to Cloris Leachman ("The Last Picture Show"), but she gives one heck of a performance.
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