In "There's Something About Mary," Cameron Diaz's Mary called "Harold and Maude" the "greatest love story of our time." She may have been going too far ... but maybe not by too much. There's something to be said about oddball love stories, especially ones viewers have to be coaxed into understanding. The acting, brilliant direction (by Hal Ashby) and soulful songs (by Cat Stevens) here help produce the chemistry between 79-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon), a life-force of whimsical energy and wisdom, and 20-year-old Harold (Bud Cort), a death-obsessed depressive. After meeting Maude at a funeral, Harold -- who enjoys shocking his mother with incredibly graphic but impressively fake suicide attempts -- experiences an awakening of not just amour, but of life itself. In this lovely scene, Harold has given Maude a coin charm punched with the words "Harold Loves Maude," something most people would cherish forever. But characteristic of Maude (and foretelling her later decision), she throws it in the water so they always know where it is. Harold's reaction is so surprised and sweet that you can't imagine Maude doing anything else with that charm. It makes you want to dunk every present you get into the bottom of a reservoir. How deep is your love?