Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry (1997)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (35 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (21,364 ratings)

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,… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Woody Allen
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 12, 1997 Wide
New Line Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    In this nasty, verbose comedy, Woody Allen the director has cast Woody Allen the actor as a foul-mouthed, self-absorbed, sex-obsessed writer.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Too bad it is difficult to really care about what is going on since such a thoroughly unpleasant character is at the center.

  • James O'Ehley, Movie Gurus

    Woody Allen's most foul-mouthed effort to date . . .

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    A slightly unpleasant and shocking film.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    By turns clever, devestating, bitter and delightful, this challenging piece of work is easily one of Allen's most mature efforts to date.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Fernando Rafael Q


    One of the director's darkest, the funny Deconstructing Harry has an incredible script (by Woody Allen, of course) and, as it's customary with his films (and more so with his comedies), an incredible cast. Allen, Hazelle Goodman, Caroline Aaron, Judy Davis and Eric Lloyd… More

  • Wahida K


    Harry Block has written a best seller... bout his best friends... he revealed their deepest secrets... and they're not pleased... now Harry Block is going to Hell...

  • Pierluigi P


    The poorly balanced pedantry and disjointedness of this Woody Allen work can be pretty annoying; but some funny bits can compensate that.

  • Alice S


    Woody's blend of nihilist, fatalistic, atheistic philosophies is my life.

  • Jennifer X


    This is an incredibly underrated film by Woody Allen, overlooked for the likes of Annie Hall, which is good but you've gotta admit not spectacular. Allen delves deep into the soul of a messed up, womanizing, pill-popping old writer who steals and colors his own life experiences… More

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