Editing Harry and Tonto (section)

==Reception==
[[Nora Sayre]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that ''Harry and Tonto'' had been "directed at far too slow a pace, which means that the comic possibilities and the social comment have been diminished. The muted style robs the picture of the point it's meant to make: that imaginative energy transcends the generations."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sayre |first=Nora |author-link=Nora Sayre |date=August 13, 1974 |title=' Harry and Tonto,' Film Of Independence at 72 |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=24 }}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "pleasant, if commercially unexciting," with an "excellent" performance by Carney.<ref>{{cite journal |date=July 31, 1974 |title=Harry And Tonto |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=18}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] awarded the film 4 stars out of 4, praising Carney for a performance that was "totally original, all his own, and worthy of the Academy Award it received."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-and-tonto-1974 |title=Harry and Tonto |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=November 23, 2018 |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124105804/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-and-tonto-1974 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' awarded 3.5 out of 4 stars, calling it "an extremely funny movie without a single gag or a [[Bob Hope]] punch line. Rather, it's crammed full of believable people who say the kind of screwball things that make your head spin and smile."<ref>[[Gene Siskel|Siskel, Gene]] (October 21, 1974). "Harry and Tonto". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 3, p. 17.</ref>

In ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'', [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] wrote that the film "presumes to say something smart and 'sophisticated' about everything from urban renewal to [[Carlos Castaneda]]'s medicinal lore, along with a continuous lesson about growing old gracefully that is dished out at every opportunity; yet it winds up telling us virtually nothing at all."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum |date=January 1975 |title=Harry and Tonto |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=42 |issue=492 |page=10 }}</ref>

The film holds a score of 88% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 32 reviews, with an average grade of 7.3 of 10. The critics' consensus states: "Making his sorely belated debut in a big-screen leading role, Art Carney brings ''Harry and Tonto'' brilliantly to life."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_and_tonto/ |title=Harry and Tonto |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502155655/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_and_tonto |url-status=live }}</ref>