Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley and Elisabeth Shue
IMDb score:
7,3 (50.165)
Releasedate: 12 December 1997
Deconstructing Harry plot
"Harry Block has written a best seller … about his best friends … he revealed their deepest secrets … and they’re not pleased … now Harry Block is going to Hell …"
Main character Harry Block is a writer and womanizer who has gone through several marriages and psychiatrists. He uses himself and the people in his immediate environment as the basis for the characters in his often cynical and sarcastic stories.
Actors and actresses
Harry Block
Lucy
Janet (as Stephanie Roth)
Leslie
Janet's Mom
Ken
Harvey Stern/Harry's Character
Camera Operator
Shoe Salesman
Mel
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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- 8264 messages
- 8426 votes
Not surprising that the cast mentions "in order of appearance" because Woody throws some (equivalent) characters against it this time, real or fictional.
It is clear that the film - and that is usually the case with Woody Allen - relies on one-liners, funny retorts and absurd reasoning, resulting from equally absurd situations.
It often works but not across the board, so no great Allen here. By the way, you have to be quite familiar with Woody to continue to appreciate the confused stuff to the end.
What is always appreciated by this filmmaker are the evergreen songs (Porter, Gershwin...) that are neatly inserted. Here's the Rodgers and Hart apt "I could write a Book".
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scorsese
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- 13155 messages
- 11068 votes
Good film in which a writer often uses the people around him as material to write about. Rather fragmentary in design, but the scenes are entertaining and often have nice dialogues. Best scenes are the out of focus actor and hell. Well edited here and there with regard to fiction and reality. Also a cast with quite a few well-known names. A small 3.5 stars.
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Onderhond
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- 87592 messages
- 12834 votes
Woody Allen.
The most striking thing about Deconstructing Harry is that despite all the narrative frivolities, creative ideas, haziness and deliberate mixing of dream and reality, it is still just a typical Allen film. His well-known character and typical dialogues just overshadow everything.
So it comes down to how much you like Allen herself. I can have it, but I'm not a huge fan. His films are often entertaining, especially when he takes the lead himself, but it also lacks some things to really make me a fan. Some visual freshness and some tranquility. Or in the inability to calm down, some extra madness.
Deconstructing Harry is a nice movie, that doesn't drag on too long, but mainly revolves around Allen. Despite all the well-known supporting roles, all the nice extras and creative writing, they unfortunately do not have any real added value. But occasionally taking a video of Allen is absolutely no punishment.
3.0*
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