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Deconstructing Harry (1997)

R 12/12/1997 Comedy, Drama 1h 36m
73%
User
Score
7.3/10
74%
62/100

Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends. Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.

Overview

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Woody Allen

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Harry Block

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Joan

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Richard

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Ken

Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian

Burt

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Larry / The Devil

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

Lucy

Hazelle Goodman

Hazelle Goodman

Cookie

Mariel Hemingway

Mariel Hemingway

Beth Kramer

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Media

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 2, 2024

The aptly named "Harry Block" (Woody Allen) is a seriously lapsed Jewish writer suffering from constipation of the typewriter. Adding to his woes is a nervousness about an impending honour from his alma mater (from where he was unceremoniously expelled) and the fact that his personal life makes Henry VIII's look like "Bertie and Elizabeth". Of course, "Harry" is seeing a therapist (Robert Harper) and with just a day before his conferment, he realises that his entire shambolic life is a result of his inability to fall in love. He likes women, he likes sex but he doesn't really like commitment, wanting always to treat a relationship like something he can buy in, or return to, Walmart. That's the basis of this story of a flawed individual that using a series of statically directed sit-com sty...

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