No longer a young stud actor, Paul Newman dealt with aging by playing older roles. Directing himself in Harry & Son (1984), Newman stars as a construction worker failing in health and hard put to relate to his son, a surfer-boy wannabe author. Robby Benson is too gee-whiz as the son, but Newman has powerful moments in a story that salts father-son tensions with a pinch of humor. Harry & Son is out on Blu-ray.
