... it's nice to see men even acknowledging the fact that they are no more impervious to the effects of time than women, and far preferable to watching actors seeming not to notice that their female costars are now young enough to be their granddaughters.

| Feb 8, 2018

While Bette Gordon may be a filmmaker of daring and a painterly hand, the eternal truths of Handsome Harry are finally what hold us.

| Feb 17, 2015

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Handsome Harry is a small film with more to say than its creaky exposition and formulaic plot would suggest. Frustration is perhaps the more appropriate critical response.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 29, 2010

Sheridan (who also produced) is well cast as the good-looking, rugged Harry, and his performance is certainly adequate.

Full Review | Jul 7, 2010

David has honed this script for 30 years, and every word he utters is momentous. Handsome Harry transcends its somewhat melodramatic narrative.

| Apr 19, 2010

Each of its miserable characters, especially Mr. Savage's Rheems, is a case study in a film that hits you like a strident polemical essay.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 16, 2010

Gay audiences -- and probably straight ones -- will see the twists coming from a mile away, but a cast this strong makes the trip worth taking anyway.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 16, 2010

The story quietly builds to a rueful and fraught climax in which Campbell Scott does his usual exceptional work, while Harry absorbs some hard lessons.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 16, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2010

Gordon's way with actors and with screen storytelling is as impeccable as ever.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 15, 2010

With Handsome Harry, the widely respected independent filmmaker Bette Gordon has hit a bull's eye.

Full Review | Apr 14, 2010

Gordon and Proferes detail their protagonist with authentically complex fleshtones, but splash on each new revealing coat with a jarring lack of finesse.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2010