The Trouble With Harry (1955)

IMDb plot summary: The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body...
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, and Mildred Natwick.

This is... a very awkward movie. It's *almost* charming, but it keeps just being slightly off. It's all too subdued and underplayed for what's going on, and despite all the drama, that subtlety makes it feel like there aren't any stakes. At the risk of stereotyping, it seems far, far too British for its largely American cast. It's a combination of strange actor direction and a wobbly script, neither of which are complaints I typically have about Hitchcock. This is one movie I would actually love to see a remake of, because it's so close to being something sort of morbidly delightful and funny and dark, and instead it just sort of... sits there, unpacked.

2.5 stars.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Trouble With Harry < 12 Monkeys
The Trouble With Harry > Sharknado
The Trouble With Harry > The Perfect Score
The Trouble With Harry > War of the Buttons
The Trouble With Harry > Tin Man
The Trouble With Harry > Checking Out
The Trouble With Harry < Matchstick Men
The Trouble With Harry < The Day After Tomorrow
The Trouble With Harry > The Man in the Iron Mask
The Trouble With Harry > The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Trouble With Harry < Outbreak

Final spot: #1373 out of 2680.