Harry Brown

Name: Harry Brown
Released: 2009-12-11
Cast: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen

Harry Brown

R
1h 43m
2009

63%

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A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone in a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend Leonard (David Bradley). When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced to dispense his own brand of justice. As he bids to clean up the run-down estate where he lives, his actions bring him into conflict with the police, led by investigating officer DCI Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and Charlie Creed-Miles.

Director:

Daniel Barber

Producer:

Keith Bell, Kris Thykier, Matthew Brown, Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Sean Harris, Ben Drew, Jack O'Connell, Jamal Downey, Liam Cunningham

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: Its lurid violence may put off some viewers, but Harry Brown is a vigilante thriller that carries an emotional as well as a physical punch, thanks to a gripping performance from Michael Caine in the title role.

Reviews

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

Without Michael Caine, Harry Brown would not surpass its similar bunch. [Full review in Spanish]

July 19, 2022

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Serves up one of Michael Caine's most complex and richly realized performances in years amidst its urban decay and revenge fantasies.

A man and a film rooted in life, surviving and thriving on heart. A wake-up call for our time. A man for the ages. Move over John McClaine and Martin Riggs!

The film takes on an unnervingly fascist tone that makes one wonder just what the filmmakers had in mind.

Harry Brown might just about have got by as a tongue-in-cheek popcorn romp, but by setting itself up as a virtual state-of-the-nation address it only draws attention to its own petty, embittered vacuity.

July 10, 2018

FULL REVIEW