I love miniatures, and Harold Halibut is beautiful.
But, at the same time, I totally understand why some people would find it boring.
You play the titular Harold.
Whenever you enter or leave a district you get spritzed with disinfenctant from an old school metal shower head.
There’s more to look at than, by rights, there should be.
The plot is driven by a few things.
And, finally, Harold finds an aquatic local knocking about in one of the filtration systems.
And he does it!
Katharine found thisfrustrating in her preview, but I really liked Harold being pranked by some of his coworkers.
But Harold Halibut doesn’t shy away from being weird.
It’s funny, charming, and crafted with great attention to detail in the sets and the writing.
At the same time, Harold Halibut is very slow.
No one would allow Wes Anderson to make a 10-hour film for exactly this reason.
