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The dialogue lacks snap, and Allen-the-actor's comic timing seems a beat off.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Deconstructing Harry
Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends. Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.
1997 · 1h 36m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Woody Allen
,
Timothy Jerome
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Deconstructing Harry
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.
Director and cast
- Woody Allen Director
- Timothy Jerome Director
- Woody Allen as Harry Block
- Judy Davis as Lucy
- Kirstie Alley as Joan
- Billy Crystal as Larry/The Devil
- Stephanie Roth Haberle as Janet (as Stephanie Roth)
- Elisabeth Shue as Fay Sexton
- Bob Balaban as Richard
- Hazelle Goodman as Cookie
- Eric Lloyd as Hilly
- Caroline Aaron Cast
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