Deconstructing Harry DVD > Reviews

Advantages: It's Woody Allen
Disadvantages: You'll think your DVD player is broken

The thing with a great artist is that there is worth in watching anything he does even, perhaps especially, when it isn't as good as his other work. >>> Plot teaser Successful writer Harry Block has used his life as a thinly-disguised template for his novels and characters and it's coming back to bite him. >>> Principal cast and crew • Producer: Jean Doumanian ◦ Caroline Aaron: Doris ◦ Woody Allen: Harry Block ◦ ... Read review

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: A bit too self absorbed

Woody Allen plays Harry Block, a writer who turns episodes from his life into fiction and destroys his relationships as a result. In the course of his adult life, he has gone through three marriages and six psychiatrists. The film's storyline involves a road trip to the college that expelled him when he was younger (where he is to be honored for his writing). There are also plenty of flashbacks and scenes involving characters from Harry's stories. ... Read review