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AMUSING AND HEARTWARMING CLASSIC!!!
...Adapted from a Pullitzer prize winning play, James Stewart stars in this classic black and white 1950 movie as the good natured gentleman Elwood P. Dowd, friend to everybody and in particular his constant companion "Harvey", a 6' 7" rabbit that nobody else can see. Unfortunately for Elwood's sister Veta Louise (in an Oscar winning performance) life becomes more complicated when her mission to find her daughter a husband are repeatedly scuppered time and again by Elwood and his obsession with his best friend. This inevitably leads to Veta Louise deciding to have her good natured brother committed to a mental hospital leading to all sorts of mix-ups, including being his sister being committed instead, leaving Elwood to sort everything out with his kindly and unwaveringly pleasant approach to life.

This is a beautifully written and perfectly acted movie that should appeal to anyone with a heart and an ounce of sentiment...They really don't make movies like this anymore and so this is a perfect addition to a movie lovers film library. Other favourites that appeal to my sentimental side and this is one tp put alongside Arsenic and Old Lace, It's A Wonderful Life (and virtually every other Frank Capra movie) and I'd also add Field Of Dreams to the list of all-time greatest heart-warming movies.

One of the all-time best.
I've always had a weak spot for Jimmy Stewart. I cannot remember him performing below average, and in this movie he reaches new heights. His mimicry, his voice, his whole relaxed demeanour make his character (Elwood P. Dowd (Can I give you my card?)) one of the most likeable personalities ever. This trend is persued in the entire movie. You simpathise with the leading characters and the way they deal with the frictions Harvey causes. Every individual actor plays his or her part with a rare conviction and obvious joy. Without ever getting namby-pamby, the high feel-good factor of this movie is one of its strongest assets. You would simply like to meet (or even be) Elwood P. Dowd. Anyone who likes a good story, performed be a great and dedicated cast, will love this movie. I'm sure you will agree and also call it one of the best you'll ever see.

As with all old movies, see it in the original black and white version. But in case that isn't available, the briliance of the story isn't any less bright in the colored version.

Aren't We All A Little Crazy?
Jimmy Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a very ordinary man except for the fact he sees and talks to a large white rabbit (a pooka, actually). His overwrought sister Veta can't take it anymore, since he is ruining the chances of her daughter Myrtle Mae finding a suitable husband. She wants to get him committed to the Chumley Sanitarium. And that's when things begin to get very complicated for all concerned. As comedies go, Harvey isn't one of those riotous, laugh out loud howlers. It does have some laugh out loud moments, mostly supplied by the inimitable Josephine Hull as poor Veta. She's extremely funny, with her quavering, fluttery voice, and expressive eyes. The comedy is more gentle and rooted in human nature. Stewart hits all the right notes as Elwood, a terminally calm and happy man who seems much more at peace with himself and the world than the apparently sane people around him. He and the film leave you questioning what the harm is in a man who sees a big white rabbit, but loves life and making friends and who really disturbs no one. After all, don't we all have our own oddities and quirks - myself excepted, of course ;) .

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