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With a Friend Like Harry...

2000 · 117 min

A slow-burning, quietly tense thriller that unsettles through polite menace and darkly comic unease.

Directed by
Dominik Moll
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner
Tagline
Who needs enemies?
Overview
While fixing up their summer cottage, Michel and his family run into a man who claims to have gone to high school with Michel.

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Directed by
Dominik Moll
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
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Starring
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