Harry and Max | 
| Director: Christopher Muench
Actors: Bryce Johnson, Cole Williams, Rain Phoenix, Katherine Ellis, Roni Deitz
Studio: TLA
Category: DVD
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 50537
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 74 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TLAD125D
UPC: 807839001907
EAN: 0807839001907
ASIN: B0009OL894
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: July 19, 2005
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Studio: Tla Releasing Release Date: 10/16/2007 Run time: 74 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Sub Par June 12, 2009
Clayton L. Vinson
This movie is kinda slow taking off and in my opnion was slow threw out if I had the choice I would have probely rented insted
 Very brave, and stayed with me for weeks afterwards March 3, 2009
Sapphire_coloured_girl (St Kilda, Australia)
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I felt that this was an amazing film, and very, very brave indeed considering that this film has probably the most blatant and non-judgemental theme of consensual incest that I have ever seen in a film.
I felt that it was let down by its ending, as well as by the age difference between the two characters (and to an larger extent also with the age of the secondary character of the teacher)... but this film still stayed with me for weeks after I watched it. Even as I talked to people at work, I kept getting flashes of the scenes from the film, and I don't think that has happened with any other film, so on a whole variety of levels it definitely worked. It's just a pity that the filmmaker confused the already very taboo storyline of a consensual incestuous relationship between two brothers by making one so young and by making such an age difference between the two (16 & 23).
I also felt that the ending let the film down, because there wasn't an adequate emotional consummation of the relationship and desires between the two brothers (though there was a physical consummation at the beginning). Perhaps I'm being perverted, but I really felt unsatisfied that they didn't end up together, or at the very least to fully consummate their relationship; it just felt false that they wouldn't have (a glaring example being the scene towards the end where Bryce Johnson's character is naked on the bed).
... I would still give this film a 9 out of 10, but it could have been just so much better with a better ending and if they had've made the brothers aged 18 and 20-something (then they would have been 16 and 20-something when they began the relationship)... and even if they were to end up apart, I just felt it could've been explained better.
... and on an entirely selfish note, I loved Bryce Johnson's character and I felt so sorry for him at the end as he seemed so utterly sad, helpless and alone by the end of the film.
 A lot of chatter! January 20, 2009
S. C. Matthews (Austin, Texas)
I have to agree with Patrick, who did another review of this film. There is a lot of talking in this film and it tends to come across as a little preachy at times. These two "brothers" spend a lot of time letting people down and being let down and and letting each other down and letting themselves down and you just want to hit fast forward and get on with it!
You'd only rush yourself into a disappointing ending that leaves one wondering -- what the heck was that about? Overall the film is shot pretty well and the boys are, mostly, good looking. There are no gratuitous sex scenes -- just gratuitous sex talk.I wouldn't say not to watch this -- but I'd say I was happy I rented this and didn't purchase it!
Twenty-four Hours from Tulsa June 5, 2008
A. Hickman (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)
I was really looking forward to seeing this movie but was, frankly, disappointed. I didn't object to the subject matter, and I didn't mind the way the producers shied away from a frank depiction of what the two brothers might get up to in bed. I enjoyed the performances, especially those of Cole Williams (as Amos Lassen mentioned--he is Paul Williams' son, and more or less a ringer for him) and Bryce Johnson (who is paired again with Tom Gilroy and director Munch, this time as editor, in "The Bluetooth Virgin"), and it was good to see Rain Phoenix in a rather substantive role, although she did seem a bit old for either brother. No, I was disappointed because the film is by Christopher Munch, the director of "Sleepy Time Gal" and, most importantly, "The Hours and Times," one of the best films ever to deal with the themes of sex ('60s style), celebrity, and the Beatles. That film also dealt with a road trip, as well as with two young men discovering new aspects of their sexuality, but in that case the characters were based on two real-life celebrities: John Lennon and Brian Epstein. I'm not sure why Munch chose to portray Harry and Max as teen idols; perhaps in a homage to his earlier film. But it's a buzzkill here. It's hard to care what happens to two characters who are more reminiscent of the Hanson brothers (for those of you who are too young to remember, Hanson was a pop group from Tulsa that fluttered teenage hearts in a series of videos in the 1990s) than of the Beatles. One minute Max is putting the moves on Harry, the next it's Harry putting the moves on Max. They have apparently connected sometime in the past, but their relationship is going nowhere now, and neither is this film. Too bad, because the actors are obviously game. I did like the tent scenes at the beginning, and I thought we might be in for a variation on "Brokeback Mountain" (which was not released until the following year), but Munch never lets his audience into the tent, so to speak, and we are left with a puzzle of a relationship that, frankly, isn't worth the unraveling.
(insert stupid pun based on the name "Max" here) August 27, 2007
C. R. Swanson (Phoenix)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, this is far from the best movie I've ever seen, but it certainly is not the worst. Not while the steaming pile that is the American version of "Godzilla" (aka: "101 Ways to Not Make a Good Movie") is still polluting the world.
This movie, as you know by now, is about a pair of male teen idol pop stars. One of them, Max, is clearly basically gay and knows it, the other is probably gay and still figuring it out. The brothers are both in love with each other to a great extent, and have on occasion had sex with one other.
Needless to say, complications arise from this.
The acting by both the leads is quite good, particularly Cole Williams, who looks quite tasty as a blond (especially when making out with Bryce Johnson and especially with his shirt gone). The dialogue is a little stilted, and in some ways felt more like a play than a movie. Also, I could have done without the awkward threesome attempt towards the end of the movie, though the final coda was good.
What keeps this movie from better than three stars? Well, it was short (74 minutes), the diaglogue was, as mentioned, a little stilted, and then there's the coda. Plus the price I paid was a little steep for such a short film, though the extras are alright.
Beyond that... something seemed to be faintly off with the film. I'm not sure what. It seemed like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be a comedy or a drama or both. Admitedly, there are those who say it's hard to play sibling incest for laughs, but I say they just haven't tried.
Still, despite the flaws, the movie was good and worth watching. If, like me, you have a thing for the idea of brothers together, this should be right up your alley... as it were...
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