Fresh
A highly absorbing but naggingly patchy look at the acerbic writer Dorothy Parker and her cohorts at the legendary Algonquin Round Table.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.
1994 · 2h 5m · R
Drama
Directed by
Alan Rudolph
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Overview
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Director and cast
- Alan Rudolph Director
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker
- Campbell Scott as Robert Benchley
- Matthew Broderick as Charles MacArthur
- Peter Gallagher as Alan Campbell
- Jennifer Beals as Gertrude Benchley
- Andrew McCarthy as Eddie Parker
- Wallace Shawn as Horatio Byrd
- Martha Plimpton as Jane Grant
- Sam Robards as Harold Ross
- Lili Taylor as Edna Ferber
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Absolutely superb.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
"Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" has its flaws, but it also has a heartfelt grasp of what set Dorothy Parker apart from her fellow revelers and makes her so emblematic a figure even today.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
The Dorothy Parker that Leigh and Rudolph present isn't one-dimensional. In addition to being savagely funny, she is also capable of great elegance and genuine insight.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
What a wonderful, detailed portrait. And what an evocation of a time and a mood. "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' is truly one of those films that inhabits its own world.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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