Before John Lithgow personified Winston Churchill in The Crown and steered Third Rock from the Sun’s inexplicable TV dominance, he engaged in a bromance with Bigfoot—their meet cute involves Lithgow mowing him down with his own station wagon. Channeling the mannerisms and authority of a historic world leader is one thing; making me believe in an emotional connection sustained while a creature trashes the interior of your pristine Wallingford Craftsman is a different level of acting prowess entirely.
Given the Bigfoot theme, Harry and the Hendersons pretty much had to happen in Seattle. Here’s what the 1987 movie negged—and what it nailed.
The Basics
The Henderson
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