Episode 188: Harold's Going Stiff

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Harold's Going Stiff 2011 British

Lonely pensioner, Harold Gimble, has become the first man to suffer from a new neurological disease that is slowly turning him into a zombie-like state. Harold s hermit-like existence is shaken up when a vivacious nurse, Penny Rudge, is sent along to alleviate his stiffness. Her special massage techniques work a treat on Harold and they become close friends.
Harold agrees to trial a possible cure for the disease at a private institute, and the initial results are excellent. But the following day he's in an even worse state than before, and after Penny accidentally overhears the doctor s dire prognosis for Harold she decides to sneak him away the next morning.
Word soon gets out, and before long a small group of bloodthirsty thugs are pursuing Harold and Penny across dramatic moorlands in the hope of a kill.

100% from fans onRT

5.8/10 on IMDB which is pretty good I think
It was alright

5/10 from me

A sad metaphor for dementia and other degenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s Parkinson’s etc

The hunters were annoying and unnecessarily comedic which is out of place with the rest of the movie

Flipped as you could tell between a documentary style and not… it was inconsistent

Good to see something from that angle, I think Maggie is similar with arnie? I don’t. Know
In the end it was a sad story about a lonely man at the end of his days in a lot of pain, who is given some hope, before the inevitable happens. Yeah, 5/10 is fair.