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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

2015

Daniel Raim

Documentary, Self: Lillian Michelson, Harold Michelson, Danny DeVito, Mel Brooks ...

7.0

44

Documentary Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industry's secret weapons. Nobody talked about them, but everybody wanted them. Theirs is the greatest story never told-until now.

	Media	Author	Review
		Monica Castillo The New York Times	"The documentary maintains a free-flowing tone as it uncovers the work that went into creating some of the indelible scenes in Hollywood history."
		Bilge Ebiri Village Voice	"A lively documentary devoted to the kinds of folks about whom documentaries are almost never made"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"A low-budget but big-hearted tribute to a happy Hollywood marriage"
		Glenn Kenny Vanity Fair	"[It] blends professional lore and wonkiness with a terrifically moving human story"
		Nathalie Atkinson The Globe and Mail	"[It] offers a tribute – to the marriage through lean years and illness, their mutual love of the medium and the industry’s enduring affection for them (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A passionate and beguiling movie-love documentary that shines a light on two of the unsung artisan heroes of Hollywood."

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