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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 .. Read more

Starring	Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal
Director	Woody Allen
Genres	Comedy

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- Witty, discursive comedy, shuttling between the realities of a novelist's life and the fictions he makes from them; it has some excellent jokes and moments of hilarious farce, but there is no centre to hold it all together.
- 31364
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  One of Allen's finest, certainly his most revealing
  
  Woody Allen's extraordinary film is one of the most self-critical and revealing films I've seen for some time. Allen stars as Harry Block, a writer who ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 11 May 2004 at 20:06
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  not the best
  
  very dissappointing from woody
  
  its actually quite disjointed
  
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  - london
  - 22 Mar 2011 at 18:21
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  Another Allen classic.
  
  I love this film. It has all the Woody Allen traits needed to be a classic. Especially love the fight between him and his ex-wife. We actually hear the 'C&#... read more »
  
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- - Fliddy
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  - Wales
  - 17 Nov 2010 at 13:19
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  Nothings perfect.......
  
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  With an all star cast supporting Woody Allen including Robin Williams, Kirsty Alley and Billy Chrystal, this romper-stomper of human misery is one of those ... read more »
  
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  - Kent
  - 19 Jul 2010 at 11:00
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  Deconstructing Harry - or Woody Allen?
  
  I've always thought that Woody Allen films are more or less guaranteed to be entertaining and fun. Whether I've changed or he has I'm not sure but ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 14 Dec 2009 at 15:44
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  Deconstructing Harry
  
  I loved this - but this is one of those Woody Allen films that you'll never be lukewarm about - like marmite; you'll love it or hate it. It made me roar... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 27 May 2009 at 14:55
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  A smart, brave, honest and very very funny Woody.
  
  He makes us sitting on our sofa as on a shrink's one: not very confortable, tough. But very very usefully.
  
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  - London
  - 02 Apr 2009 at 16:07
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  Deconstructing Harry
  
  This is probably Woody Allen's funniest comedy. In it Allen plays an alcoholic writer called Harry Block who is about to be honoured by the college that ... read more »
  
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- - bamfsoab
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 22:25
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  Standard Allen fare
  
  Not his best, not his worst and if you like him, you'll like it.
  
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  - Axminster
  - 03 Jul 2008 at 11:43
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  Far from his best, but entertaining none the less
  
  Despite boasting a fantastic supporting cast including Julia-Louise Dreyfuss, Robin Williams, Kirsty Alley and Billy Crystal, this is not Woody Allen's ... read more »
  
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- - Edward Frost
  - Essex, England
  - 12 Feb 2008 at 21:24
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  Not his best
  
  A typical woody film, containing love, adultery, authors etc, it certainly is not his best, but it sure aint his worst either. Give it a go if ure a fan.
  
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  - cheltenham
  - 14 Feb 2007 at 18:35
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  One of Allen's finest, certainly his most revealing
  
  Woody Allen's extraordinary film is one of the most self-critical and revealing films I've seen for some time. Allen stars as Harry Block, a writer who ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 11 May 2004 at 20:06
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  Wonderfully enjoyable: classic Woody Allen.
  
  Borrowing the structure of Bergman's Wild Strawberries, but filling it with the unmistakeable style of Woody Allen, this is certainly one of his funniest ... read more »
  
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- - Calvin
  - 31 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 14 May 2005 at 15:13
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  Potential
  
  This film is about a writer and the stories that he writes. The best bits of the film are when his stories are acted out on screen, its a shame that some of ... read more »
  
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- - walksie
  - Bucks
  - 22 Jun 2005 at 09:22
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  Brilliant! Woody allen...
  
  Brilliant! Woody allen does what he does best. Plays himself in an overly nurotic way. Very Funny
  
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- - rayasvensson#1
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  - 23 Jan 2004 at 10:48
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  Not his best
  
  A typical woody film, containing love, adultery, authors etc, it certainly is not his best, but it sure aint his worst either. Give it a go if ure a fan.
  
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  - cheltenham
  - 14 Feb 2007 at 18:35
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  Classic Woody Allen
  
  One of the few Woody Allen features that is actually laugh-out-loud funny. If you don't mind very strong language you will enjoy this one.
  
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- - Mordechai
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  - 27 Oct 2004 at 10:36
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  Sketchy
  
  As a teenager, I was a massive fan of Woody Allen. Gradually, through the 90s, I became increasingly disappionted with his films after 'Hannah and Her ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Aug 2006 at 06:54
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  Deconstructing Harry
  
  At last, Woody Allen plays a different character, and really impresses! His recent films can't hold a candle to his classics from the 70's and early 80... read more »
  
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- - Munchkin061271
  - Essex
  - 20 Oct 2003 at 20:56
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  in foucus for once
  
  Another amazing comic masterpiece by woody Allen, the script was beautifully written. The confrontation between reality and fictional character was cleverly ... read more »
  
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- - ms24ck
  - London
  - 16 Jun 2005 at 00:40
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  First-rate Woody
  
  An acerbic attack on, well, it looks very much like on Woody himself, as Allen takes aim at a priapic, self-obsessed artist known for recycling his own ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
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  - 25 Dec 2006 at 14:16

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Critics' reviews
- Witty, discursive comedy, shuttling between the realities of a novelist's life and the fictions he makes from them; it has some excellent jokes and moments of hilarious farce, but there is no centre to hold it all together.
- 31364
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Viscously funny....Mr. Allen writes outstandingly acerbic dialogue....The best one-liners, like the whole film, mix melancholy with self-knowledge..."
- 9864
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Harry Block (Allen) is a priapic foul-mouthed author whose ex-wives and lovers, family and friends object to his... read more on Time Out
- 44600
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...HARRY is scorching self-parody as comic triumph..." -- Rating: A-
- 9863
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Very funny....A dazzling job..."
- 9865
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A daring movie..."
- 9866
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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