7.2 Score

1997 • 1h 36min • R • Comedy, Drama

Deconstructing Harry

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

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.

IMDb 7.3

RT 73%

MC 62

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Woody Allen

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Woody Allen

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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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