Deconstructing Harry

1997 • 1h 36m •

Comedy Drama

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★ 7.2/10

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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.

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

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Woody Allen

Harry Block

Judy Davis

Lucy

Kirstie Alley

Joan

Elisabeth Shue

Fay Sexton

Billy Crystal

Larry / The Devil

Bob Balaban

Richard

Hazelle Goodman

Eric Lloyd

Hilly

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2024-05-02

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, ...