John Lithgow,
Melinda Dillon,
Margaret Langrick,
Joshua Rudoy,
Kevin Peter Hall
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While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan's dad, George (John Lithgow); mom, Nancy (Melinda Dillon); daughter, Sarah (Margaret Langrick); and son, Ernie (Joshua Rudoy), accidently... read more
Directed by: William Dear
Release Date: June 5, 1987
DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
Stats: 1,503 reviews
A family hits bigfoot with their car when coming back from camping and decide to take the corpse back with them to Seattle. The problem: he isn't dead, but one of the most lovable creatures ever put on film. You gotta give Kevin Peter Hall credit for expressing a lot through his ... read more
This 80's family comedy is a passable flick and nothing more. It didn't produce a lot of laughs but it's not without it's charm.
Family movie classic indeed...easy to see why I'd always heard it mentioned from time to time.
One of my childhood favourites, so a nostalgic watch for me, still one perhaps kids would enjoy today.
A fun re-watch.
A shaggy E.T. story, this focuses on the plight of a family that just happens to run into Bigfoot one day. It's silly, outrageously sentimental, and a gentle poke in the ribs of Steven Spielberg, whose Amblin Productions financed the film.
Liked this movie a lot, loveable.
Up there with E.T, as one of the top family flicks of the 80s Full Review
Just as Mac and Me eventually devolved into a feature-length commercial for McDonald's, Harry and the Hendersons eventually emerges as a vegetarian screed. Full Review
Charming and silly.
Passable family pap.
John Lithgow paying his dues.
Fun, one-of-a-kind, and sometimes scary, adventure/comedy with the always-delightful, John Lithgow.
Spielbergian sentimentality at its ickiest
A warm and fuzzy family adventure about why you can't domesticate a sasquatch.
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John Lithgow as George Henderson
Melinda Dillon as Nancy Henderson
Margaret Langrick as Sarah Henderson
Joshua Rudoy as Ernie Henderson
Kevin Peter Hall as Harry
David Suchet as Jacques LaFleur
Lainie Kazan as Irene Moffitt
Don Ameche as Dr. Wallace Wrightwood
Debbie Lee Carrington as Little Bigfoot
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