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A brilliant film that helped define a genre

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

1974's "Harry and Tonto" is probably one of the better and more memorable and touching films made it's a new journey of discovery and new beginning away from a gone past it proves at no matter any age their is enough left for one last big travel to meet new people, visit family and most of all to begin a new start. The film rightfully won Art Carney a Best Actor Oscar as his performance of an old man is touching and uplifting.The story is simple Harry(Art Carney)is a mid 70's retired teacher who finds that his New York city apartment that he's living in all of a sudden is gonna be facing demolition so he and his beloved cat Tonto set out to live with his son. Soon that's a headache so plans change Harry then wants to journey to Chicago to live with his daughter(Ellen Burstyn)along the way he meets odd and complex people like hitchhikers and a run away. As the road is an adventure that narrows with curves and speed bumps and potholes of people from all different walks of like. As the journey goes more west Harry meets an Indian and a high class hooker in Las Vegas one last bang on the journey! Finally Harry ends in Los Angeles with his son(Larry Hagman). Wow that's one adventure that not even an old man would forget! Overall this is a film of journey and finding one last moment of happiness it proves that life is always full of places and people no matter how different the place or person memories are to be made and friends are discovered. "Harry and Tonto" is one film that clearly travels farther than the rest!

I'd never even heard of this film until someone mentioned it on TV. It sounded good so the DVD was ordered. This is a little gem of a film, although it has some serious bad points. Harry (Carney) and his dear cat Tonto are thrown out of their New York apartment and reluctantly accept a place at his son & daughter in-law's home. But he doesn't like the strained atmosphere and sets out to visit other friends and relatives. This is a very 70's film, from the look of the film itself to the subjects broached and the language and mores of the time. Carney plays it quiet and knows when to shut up and let the silence speak. It may be a little over-sentimental at times, but I found it very touching and I was blinking a bit by the end. The bad points are that we don't quite see the love between Harry and his cat and (SPOILER!) when Tonto dies it is handled rather quickly and with a lack of warmth. The other problem is that some of Harry's adventures are very brief and come and go without consequence. Despite these irritations, this is a charming film. This release (bought from Amazon) seems to be from or aimed at the Italian market but the original English dialogue is present and correct. There are no extras and the print has not been cleaned up or restored, which is a pity as in some parts it was rather dark and grubby looking.

I like movies that are focused and don't have too many sideplots. My experience is that sideplots often make a movie worse."Harry and Tonto" is the perfect movie for people like me who like focused movies. The movie is about an old man and his cat. It follows Harry, played by Art Carney in an Oscar winning performance, as he travels around the USA after his New York City apartment building is converted into a parking garage.I didn't think that I'd be interested in a movie about this topic, but Harry has many interesting experiences as he travels to Los Angeles, including shacking up in a motel with a teen girl and meeting a hooker as he is hitchhiking. In addition, his devotion to his cat Tonto is charming. Initially, he wants to fly to Chicago, but airport authorities want to separate them and he is against this.The major problem I have with the movie is a big one -- Tonto gets sick suddenly and dies and Harry doesn't seem to be as bothered by this as he should be. There was no hint that Tonto was old until he got sick. I think, in retrospect, that Harry should have talked more about his passion for Tonto with his children and others and should have revealed his concern about traveling with an old cat (that I didn't realize was old until a minute before he died).I deducted one point from the movie because it wasn't exciting enough, interesting enough, and thought provoking enough to earn a 10 and another point because of how the death of Tonto was handled. I am still tempted to deduct another point because Harry didn't talk enough to Tonto -- and I still might.

I had ignored this movie initially, because I did not particularly like Art Carney in "Honeymooners" and I supposed I would be unable to separate characters. I was wrong. Harry is absolutely and unmistakably Harry, an old relic with some superannuated friends and a cat. From here on, I may cite some "spoilers", but I find that essentially all have already been remarked on: I just want to comment on what people seem not to have noticed. First, notice his amazing resilience. He's past 70 and he has lost nearly every anchor of his life, his wife, his profession, his good friend, his lifelong home, everything but his cat. I happen to be very near Harry's age, and you young folks of 40 or so may not notice what a devastating combination this could have been. he might have moved in with his son's dysfunctional family, but he won't give in to that prospect. he might fly to chicago, but the nice folks from the TSA won't take his cat and he damn-well won't give him up. He might try taking the bus, but Tonto's basic cat-ness shuts out that possibility. I would have understood if Harry had given up at that point, got falling-down drunk and died at the side of the road. But he pushes on. He acquires an old used car that could have been the centerpiece of slapstick scene (but wasn't) and gains a 15 (or 16 or 18) year old girl as a traveling companion, admitting to her, as they settle into a motel for the night, "actually, I am a little uncomfortable with this." From the viewpoint of my age, that is an absolutely delicious line! Harry begins to shed years as he goes on: notice him insisting to his daughter that his young friend is not a ''loose woman". When he gives away his car, look closely and read his feelings for the girl. Again and again, we see his resilience and adaptability in this profoundly human quest-genre story. I found the ending at that broad Pacific beach very satisfying, though it left open the simplistic question "so what happened next?" Harry is a marvelous character, and the story told just as much about him as was needed, no less, no more. I came late to this movie, but I agree. Art Carney earned his award for thus gentle portrayal.