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Harve Presnell has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2000s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Fargo.
Recurring themes

As Good as It Gets
1997
Drama · Comedy

Muriel's Wedding
1994
Comedy · Drama

Forget Paris
1995
Comedy · Drama

Jack
1996
Comedy · Family

Ed Wood
1994
Comedy · Drama

Une époque formidable
1991
Comedy

The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
Comedy · Drama

Rushmore
1998
Comedy · Drama
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Dir. Tom Shadyac · With Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Dir. John Woo · With John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen

A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Dir. Joshua Logan · With Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Dir. Steven Brill · With Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro