Harvey (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #14 extract: Harvey (1950)

I've only seen this film two times, so I don't think I've got the subtext fully figured out, but Harvey is seemingly partly a critique of psychological institutions, partly a commentary on the callousness of the average individual and partly a romanticisation of a drunkard. 

However, what I am certain of is this film's uncanny sense of heart and warmth, its brilliant writing and the tremendous performance of Jimmy Stewart. This all comes together to produce a strange tale primarily about acceptance and kindness - a simple idea executed perfectly. And in such, Harvey is one of the purest Hollywood classics you'll ever be able to find as it is irrefutably a narrative trapped in a bygone era, one that captures its greatest elements as a form of family entertainment astoundingly. 

All in all, Harvey is a perfect movie that I seriously couldn't understand anyone disliking.