Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, "I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art." So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough, with one of his psychiatrists), and he has precious few friends whom he hasn't alienated or betrayed. Harry uses the chaos of his life as fodder for his writing, angering his friends, lovers, and family,
Dec 12, 1997 Wide
May 26, 1998
New Line Home Entertainment
Cast
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Woody Allen
Harry Block -
Kirstie Alley
Joan -
Bob Balaban
Richard -
Richard Benjamin
Ken -
Billy Crystal
Larry -
Eric Bogosian
Burt -
Judy Davis
Lucy -
Hazelle Goodman
Cookie -
Caroline Aaron
Doris -
Mariel Hemingway
Beth Kramer -
Amy Irving
Jane -
Julie Kavner
Grace -
Eric Lloyd
Hilly Block -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Leslie -
Tobey Maguire
Harvey Stern -
Demi Moore
Helen -
Elisabeth Shue
Fay -
Stanley Tucci
Paul Epstein -
Robin Williams
Mel -
Annette Arnold
Rosalee -
Philip Bosco
Professor Clark -
Stephanie Roth
Janet -
Gene Saks
Harry's Father -
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Viola Harris
Elsie -
Jennifer Garner
Woman in Elevator -
Robert Harper
Harry's Doctor -
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All Critics (56) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (10) | DVD (7)
In this nasty, verbose comedy, Woody Allen the director has cast Woody Allen the actor as a foul-mouthed, self-absorbed, sex-obsessed writer.
Too bad it is difficult to really care about what is going on since such a thoroughly unpleasant character is at the center.
Woody Allen's most foul-mouthed effort to date . . .
A slightly unpleasant and shocking film.
By turns clever, devestating, bitter and delightful, this challenging piece of work is easily one of Allen's most mature efforts to date.
Woody Allen não é só um cineasta de extrema cultura e de um timing cômico irrepreensível. Ele é, antes de tudo, um dos mais talentosos roteiristas que o Cinema já produziu.
La historia es maravillosa.
Audience Reviews for Deconstructing Harry
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- Burt: Do you care even about the holocaust, or do you think it never happened?
- Harry Block: Not only do I know that we lost 6 million, but the scary thing is that records are made to be broken.
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- Harry Block: Between air conditioning and the Pope, I chose air conditioning.
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Foreign Titles
- Desmontando a Harry (ES)
