In the Handsome Harry movie, you will be faced with a mystery. It will be released in April of 2010. He is called Handsome Harry because at 52 the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade, who loves to sing, but for some reason he never lets anyone get to close. He has literally been divorced for many years ,has a son whom he rarely gets to see, and although he’s engaged in a long term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone.
And yet, one day Harry gets a call from a former naval buddy, Tom Kelly, who he hasn’t seen in some thirty years. On his death bed and scared to death that he’s going to hell , Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago.
To begin with Harry doesn’t want anything to do with his old naval buddy, or his murky past; but guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry. Finally, and reluctantly Harry decides to drive down to the east coast and find a few of his old comrades. And as he confronts the three other men involved he observes how each one has dealt with his own guilt. One hides behind righteous moral posturing and economic success. One has divorced himself from violent implications from the military, and one has turned to Jesus putting him first in his life. Though they have all grown older its unclear whether any of them have really found salvation.
As the movie develops on Harry feels there is a mysterious source that keeps him entangled in the past but he’s not sure what that is, and he wants to know. Is he beyond forgiveness and held accountable for everything? This is one of those movies that will keep you captivated and wondering what his next move is going to be. At the risk of saying to much we will leave the ending up to the theaters, so when it is released you will have to go see how the Handsome Harry movie ends.
