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fantastic
I had heard about this movie through friends but was never impressed by the story. A reclusive anti social kid who befriends and falls in love with an elderly (though young at heart) eccentric. I wrote it off completely til I saw a bit of it on television and thought it was hilarious and as it turns out I rented the movie and was extremely hooked. Harold is a rich kid with a high strung, selfish mother who tries anything to find a suitor for him, in turn Harold escapes from his home to overshadow funeral processions and memorials. At a number of these events, Maude is in attendence and she lights up the scene with her off the wall,and positively upbeat personality that horrifies and amuses Harold. After a while they become unlikely friends. Maude helps Harold live a little and in turn he develops true affection to Maude. With Ruth Gordon's charm and incredible acting abilites, and Cat Steven's classy soundtrack, its not hard to find yourself feeling happy and free after the movie is over. It really teaches you a message about being your own person and enjoying life.

A mind-expanding movie
This is a mind-expanding movie from the era in which mind-expansion was actually considered desirable. Many social issues are addressed in this movie, while it keeps the watcher amused with terrific comedy.

The story revolves around Harold, a rather lost youth on the verge of manhood, who has developed an obsession with death. He finds himself frequently at odds with the typical ideals of our society, as personified by his materialistic and rather aloof mother, a zealously patriotic uncle, and the girls his mother expects him to date. At a funeral, he meets Maude, an elderly woman who seems to share his interest in death, but who exhibits a surprisingly vigorous outlook on life. The director symbolically foreshadows this by showing Maude carrying a bright yellow umbrella like a flower amidst the field of black umbrellas at the funeral. Harold falls in love with the lively Maude, and I expect most viewers will, as well. The inimitable, unforgettable Maude is played wonderfully by Ruth Gordon, and Bud Cort also delivers an excellent performance as Harold. Much of the music in the film is that of Cat Stevens.

I give this movie my very highest recommendation. I found it both thought-provoking and hilarious when I first saw it in the early seventies, and it has remained one of my favorites for many years now. I promise you'll never view May-December romances quite the same after seeing this movie.

I love this..
I love this a great deal..A love story that takes you on a morbid humour ride..Bud Cort plays an 80 year old women's paramour and they fall in love and she wrestles with whether or not to go on, and he lives his life more fully from having known her..Like my life, I am just in the grips again of getting my inspirations going..Love, Vanes

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