• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

The Plot Against Harry

Play trailer Poster for The Plot Against Harry 1990,  1h 21m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 91% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Dour Jewish mobster Harry Plotnick is finally released from prison after two decades. Returning to a very different world, Harry tries to ease back into his criminal ways on his old turf, but it soon becomes clear that he's thoroughly out-dated. When he encounters his ex-wife and his now-adult daughters, whom he doesn't even know, he decides to clean up his act.

Critics Reviews

View More
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader May 12, 2022
3/4
Harry is basically a sad, sweet character, a classic fall guy, but Roemer doesn’t try to sentimentalize him or steer away from his more callous traits. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker Oct 6, 2014
Bares unhealed and unspoken wounds of New York Jewish life. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times May 14, 2005
3.5/4
The Plot Against Harry is one of those comedies with a sprung rhythm, so that the jokes pay off by working against themselves. Go to Full Review
Mark Demetrius FILMINK (Australia) Oct 5, 2024
14/20
It’s unclear just what it’s trying to say — or even be — and may be less than the sum of its parts, but those parts are impressive. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Nov 30, 2023
...the film’s sensibility was simply ahead of its time, anticipating the bubbling-under ensemble humor of 1970s Robert Altman joints and deadpan 1980s efforts by Jarmusch & co... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Apr 2, 2012
A
Wickedly funny and observant slice of life NYC gangster pic, that's decidedly Jewish, quirky and anarchistic. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews
The Plot Against Harry

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Michael Roemer

Director

Martin Priest

Harry Plotnick

Ben Lang

Leo

Henry Nemo

Max

Maxine Woods

Kay

Jacques Taylor

Jack

More Like This

View All
The Baker's Wife 100% 88% The Baker's Wife Watchlist Nico-Icon 81% 91% Nico-Icon Watchlist The Two of Us 93% 91% The Two of Us Watchlist Institute Benjamenta 100% 88% Institute Benjamenta Watchlist The Marriage Circle 100% 84% The Marriage Circle Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

The Plot Against Harry

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Dour Jewish mobster Harry Plotnick is finally released from prison after two decades. Returning to a very different world, Harry tries to ease back into his criminal ways on his old turf, but it soon becomes clear that he's thoroughly out-dated. When he encounters his ex-wife and his now-adult daughters, whom he doesn't even know, he decides to clean up his act.
Director
Michael Roemer
Producer
Robert M. Young, Michael Roemer
Screenwriter
Michael Roemer
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
King Screen Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1990, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 26, 2005
Runtime
1h 21m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings