VividSimon Simply Perfect

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

kenjha An aging bachelor living with his spinster sisters finds romance. This is an engrossing drama, thanks to solid direction and a fine cast. In somewhat of a departure from his usual roles, Sanders plays a decent and sympathetic character who feels trapped by his family commitments. Fitzgerald is quite good as one of his needy sisters. MacGill, as the other sister, looks like Angela Lansbury and understandably so, being her mother. Raines is typically smooth as Sanders' fiancé. To appease the censors, the filmmakers added a silly finale that is poorly executed, although the basic premise behind the final plot twist is more in keeping with the Sanders character.

MartinHafer George Sanders plays a nice middle-aged man living with his two sisters. One is a nice person--a widow. The other is a very manipulative and needy lady (Geraldine Fitzgerald)--and the full extent of her control over him becomes apparent later in the movie. Sanders meets a much younger lady (Ella Raines) and they fall in love and plan on marrying. However, Fitzgerald is determined to to destroy this marriage--and much of it seems for very selfish reasons because she doesn't want to give up living in the family home with her brother. However, after Fitzgerald gets her wish, she gets far more than she bargained for when Sanders snaps and comes up with a way to get revenge.There are so many twists and surprises in the film, I don't want to say more about the plot. Suffice to say that some completely caught me off-guard. Generally, this was a good thing but when it comes to the ending some might not like just how strange a twist it is--after all, it seemed to come from out of left field and lacked believability. It was, however, enjoyable--so perhaps it was for the best.Fortunately for the film, in addition to the nice script the acting is quite nice--particularly by Fitzgerald. As for Sanders, he's wonderful as always but this role is far different than what you'd usually expect for him--and it's a nice change of pace.

cmeneken-1 The Trouble with Harry is the trouble with Hollywood, the fact that the right-wing timid moguls bowed to reactionary forces and drove out much of the creativity from the movies. Their code ensured that nothing unpleasant or amoral, in their eyes, would be allowed into the cinema, so anything with an edge, or against the grain, or left of center was watered down or erased from films. All of this culminated with the Anti communist Witch Hunt which removed the last vestiges of talent, honesty, and integrity, but preserved for us such hypocrites as R Reagan. The reason many of us like the film noir is that this conservative tendency was less noticeable in the dark crime melodramas of the late 40'a and early 50's since no one cared that much about B movies. Still, when Hollywood had a chance, like in the ending in this film, they would ruin a film. In fact, censorship and its companion greed still rules American films, almost without exception.

jotix100 Try to imagine Harry, an aging bachelor who lives in Corinth, New Hampshire, with his two sisters. It's enough to send anyone to commit a crime just so he can get away from these two vultures that totally dominate his life. Harry Quincy, and his siblings, are local aristocracy who are confined to share the big family mansion. The two sisters, Letty and Hester are constantly quarreling about the most menial things.When sophisticated Deborah Brown appears in the picture, Harry sees a way out to escape his poor existence in the provincial town. Little does he realize that Lettie, his domineering sister, wants for him. This turns Harry into a hatred for the sister that evidently feels another kind of love for his brother. After a bitter quarrel between Lettie and Hester, he decides he must take corrective action to get rid of his problems. In turn, he will destroy the cozy family life he, and his siblings, enjoyed."The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry" is a film that was ahead of its times in the subtle way it dealt with sibling incest, which is behind the action. Based on a stage play, this feature, directed by Robert Siodmak, was greatly distorted by the Hays Commission in an ending that frankly, doesn't make much sense and doesn't add anything to our enjoyment of it. As a matter of fact, the warning at the end, doesn't quite make sense. We have all been led to believe one thing, yet the arrival of Deborah, out of nowhere, and the dream sequence, doesn't add up. Yet, in spite of the flaws, out attention is held because of the story and what has come before this let down of a finale.George Sanders does wonders with his Harry Quincy, the man who might be involved with his own sister. This was one of his best movies and he contributes to the enjoyment of this melodrama. Lovely Geraldine Fitzgerald plays the strident sister Letty. She is also quite effective in the way she plays the part of the sister who might be involved in more ways than one with her own brother. Moyna Macgill, (Angela Lansbury's mother) has also great fun as Hester, the other sister. Sara Allwood appears as the family cook. Ella Raines makes a sophisticated Deborah Brown.Who knows what the film would have turned out like if Robert Siodmak, the director, would have been able to do the story as he probably conceived it.