Rotten
Playwright Phyllis Nagy's film directorial bow is an uneven affair.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Mrs. Harris
She loved him. So she shot him.
2005 · 1h 34m · TV-MA
Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
Directed by
Phyllis Nagy
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Mrs. Harris
Overview
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Director and cast
- Phyllis Nagy Director
- Annette Bening as Jean Harris
- Ben Kingsley as Herman Tarnower
- Cloris Leachman as Pearl "Billie" Schwartz
- Lawrence O'Donnell as Judge Leggett
- Frank Whaley as George Bolen
- Bill Smitrovich as Joel Arnou
- Frances Fisher as Marge Richey Jacobson
- Michael Gross as Leslie Jacobson
- Ronald Guttman as Henri
- John Patrick Amedori as Young David Harris
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film was 'inspired' by Shana Alexander's book, but the tone comes straight out of the tabloids. This tone lies somewhere south of smugness but north of pure derision.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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