Harold and Maude
They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear.
1971 • 92 min • Comedy · Drama · Romance
Synopsis
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 76 Audience · 1232 · 49%
A quirky young man fixated on death finds an unexpected zest for life through his friendship with an eccentric older woman. Their unique bond explores themes of living fully and embracing individuality.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 3/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Frequent discussions and depictions of suicide attempts, though played for dark humor.
- Brief nudity and implied sexual intimacy.
- Some characters engage in petty theft and light substance use.
What it models well
- Embracing life and individuality
- Finding joy in unexpected places
- Challenging societal norms
- The value of intergenerational friendship
Talk about it after
- How Harold and Maude teach each other about life.
- The different ways people cope with sadness.
- Why Maude lives life so fully, and what that means.
- The idea of finding connection with unlikely friends.
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Top billed cast
Director: Hal Ashby • Crew: Colin Higgins
Trailers & clips
Harold and Maude - Trailer
Three Reasons: Harold and Maude
Cameron Crowe on HAROLD & MAUDE
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**Knowing how to live or knowing how to die are virtues, difficult and debatable themes that a film almost never has the courage to address.** Harold is a young man, just arrived at adulthood, who has a morbid fascination with death: he drives hearses, goes to funerals for “fun”, rehearses his own suicide a thousand and one times.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersSo poor little rich kid "Harold" (Bud Cort) really does like a bit of attention seeking - constantly vying for the recognition of his mother by faking every more outlandish suicide attempts. Things is, she (Vivian Pickles) is pretty impervious to his antics and so he seeks something to alleviate his boredom elsewhere... He starts attending funerals.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.6/10 (1,232)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,200,000
- IMDb
- tt0067185