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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstarstar Shawn Levy - Portland Oregonian
starstarstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstarstar Ruthe Stein - SF Chronicle
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Rita Kempley - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstar Roger Moore - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
star Peter Brunette - Film.com

“A formidable achievement, full of acute observations, acerbic dialogue, dirty words, lacerating anger and palpable pain”

- Joe Baltake

“A viewer’s tolerance drops quickly to zero and what otherwise might seem gutsy merely feels narcissistic and, worst of all, very boring”

- Peter Brunette

Deconstructing Harry
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A writer's friends and former lovers turn against him when they discover his latest work is an unflattering account of their lives. Woody Allen, Caroline Aaron, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis, Hazelle Goodman, Mariel Hemingway, Amy Irving, Julie Kavner, Eric Lloyd, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Director: Woody Allen (1997, R)
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