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Title: The worst movie I ever saw.
Review: I saw this movie in 1971 and to this day I consider it to be the worst film I have ever seen. I consider myself to have eclectic tastes; I watch all kinds of movies made from all over the world. But I have to say that the memory of "Harold and Maude" still makes me cringe after 30 years. It has a following that is obviously very passionate about it and I risk my Amazon rating by giving it a bad review. Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort's characters are extremely annoying. And I'm sorry, but the idea of a 20 year old and an 80 year old being romantically involved is, how shall we say, contra naturum. Taste is personal, but as C.S. Lewis asked in the "Abolition of Man", if a waterfall is sublime to one observer and mundane to another, which is it in reality? Can it be both sublime and mundane? In the case of "Harold and Maude", the answer is a resounding 'no'. It is a most mundane effort.
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